[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 28 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 28

 Expressing the sense of Congress that a proposed cross-border fee for 
  vehicles and pedestrians entering the United States from Canada or 
              Mexico is unwise and should not be enacted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 1995

 Mr. LaFalce (for himself and Mr. de la Garza) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that a proposed cross-border fee for 
  vehicles and pedestrians entering the United States from Canada or 
              Mexico is unwise and should not be enacted.

Whereas the President's proposed budget includes a proposal that would levy an 
        entry fee of $3.00 for each vehicle entering the United States and $1.50 
        for each pedestrian entering the United States at border crossings 
        between the United States and the nations of Canada and Mexico;
Whereas imposition of any such fees will have devastating consequences for 
        border communities along both the Western and Southern borders of the 
        United States;
Whereas imposition of any such fees will adversely and seriously affect commerce 
        among the United States, Canada, and Mexico;
Whereas imposition of any such fees violates the spirit of free trade in general 
        and, in particular, the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement and 
        the North American Free Trade Agreement;
Whereas imposition of any such fees would be, in actuality, an unreasonable and 
        unfair tax on border crossings; and
Whereas imposition of any such fees would be likely to result in the imposition 
        of similar fees on the part of the Canadian and Mexican governments, 
        thus exacerbating the adverse economic impacts noted above: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that cross-border entry fees or taxes 
on vehicles and/or pedestrians seeking to enter the United States from 
Canada or Mexico, such as those proposed in the President's budget, are 
economically unsound and are likely to result in retaliatory fees or 
taxes on the part of the Canadian and Mexican Governments, and 
therefore such fees should not be imposed by the United States, and the 
President is urged to remove this proposal from his budget 
recommendations.
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