“NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014” published by Congressional Record on June 17, 2013

“NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014” published by Congressional Record on June 17, 2013

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Volume 159, No. 86 covering the 1st Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E885-E886 on June 17, 2013.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014

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speech of

HON. DANA ROHRABACHER

of california

in the house of representatives

Thursday, June 13, 2013

The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes:

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Chair, included in this en bloc package is an amendment I offered that relates to Pakistan. It adds, as a condition of aid to Pakistan, that Islamabad must not use the funding we provide to its security forces for purposes of domestic repression of ethnic and religious minority groups as it has in the past.

The State Department's 2012 Country Report on Human Rights in Pakistan states, ``The most serious human rights problems were extrajudicial and targeted killings, forced disappearances, and torture, which affected thousands of citizens in nearly all parts of the country.'' Members of the Pakistani military as well as police are involved in these lethal abuses of human rights.

Repression of minority groups is systemic. Human rights organizations have reported that many Sindhi and Baloch nationalists were among those missing. Non-Sunni religious practitioners, Christians, Ahmadis, and Shia Muslims, are attacked with impunity.

There are already four conditions in the core bill and my amendment simply adds a fifth requirement to prevent the misuse of our aid. Thank you, Madam Chair, for accepting my amendment.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 159, No. 86

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