[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2947 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2947

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
 failure of Mexico to cooperate with the United States in controlling 
the transport of illegal drugs and controlled substances and the denial 
      of certain assistance to Mexico as a result of that failure.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 1996

   Mr. Miller of California introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition 
to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
 failure of Mexico to cooperate with the United States in controlling 
the transport of illegal drugs and controlled substances and the denial 
      of certain assistance to Mexico as a result of that failure.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Mexico is one of the most significant source countries for the 
transport of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled 
substances into the United States;
    The Drug Enforcement Administration estimates that at least 75 
percent of all cocaine available in the United States travels through 
Mexico;
    Various United States drug enforcement agencies have estimated that 
70 percent to 80 percent of all foreign-grown marijuana in the United 
States originates in Mexico;
    According to the United States Customs Service, 69.5 percent of the 
individuals arrested for drug smuggling at border stations in the 
United States are Mexican nationals;
    The Drug Enforcement Administration has stated that drug smugglers 
have been flying airplanes into Mexico carrying 10 to 20 tons of 
cocaine per flight, which airplanes then return to Colombia carrying 
$20,000,000 to $30,000,000 of United States currency;
    Mexico has failed to prevent or punish the laundering of drug-
related profits or drug-related moneys in Mexico;
    Mexico has failed to prevent or punish adequately bribery and other 
forms of public corruption which facilitate the production, processing, 
and shipment of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled 
substances into the United States or which discourage the investigation 
and prosecution of such activities;
    The continued, large-scale transportation of narcotic and 
psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances from Mexico into the 
United States is very detrimental to the vital national interests of 
the United States;
    Not later than March 1, 1996, the President must determine and 
report to Congress pursuant to section 490A(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291k(b)) whether Mexico has taken 
sufficient steps to combat international narcotics trafficking.
    Section 1. The President should not make the following 
certifications pursuant to section 490A(b)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291k(b)(1)):
            (a) That Mexico has cooperated fully with the United States 
        in controlling narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other 
        controlled substances, and activities relating to such drugs 
        and substances, as set forth in subparagraph (A) of that 
        section.
            (b) That vital national interests of the United States 
        require United States assistance to Mexico or multilateral 
        development bank assistance for Mexico.
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