[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1548 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1548

To provide that applications by Mexican motor carriers of property for 
     authority to provide service across the United States-Mexico 
  international boundary line and by persons of Mexico who establish 
 enterprises in the United States seeking to distribute international 
    cargo in the United States shall not be approved until certain 
   certifications are made to the Congress by the President and the 
          Secretary of Transportation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 1996

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. D'Amato, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that applications by Mexican motor carriers of property for 
     authority to provide service across the United States-Mexico 
  international boundary line and by persons of Mexico who establish 
 enterprises in the United States seeking to distribute international 
    cargo in the United States shall not be approved until certain 
   certifications are made to the Congress by the President and the 
          Secretary of Transportation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CERTIFICATION BY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall not approve the application of any 
Mexican motor carrier of property to provide service across the United 
States-Mexico international boundary line or by a Mexican owned or 
controlled enterprise established in the United States to transport 
international cargo in foreign commerce, until the certifications 
described in subsection (b) are submitted to the Congress and a joint 
resolution described in subsection (c) is enacted into law.
    (b) Certifications Described.--The certifications described in this 
subsection mean written statements submitted to the Congress--
            (1) by the President certifying that pursuant to section 
        490A(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
        2291k(b)), Mexico is taking sufficient steps to combat 
        international narcotics trafficking, and
            (2) by the Secretary of Transportation certifying that--
                    (A) the operating authority described in subsection 
                (a) shall not be granted to any Mexican motor carrier, 
                driver, enterprise, or broker unless such carrier, 
                driver, enterprise, or broker is aware of and is 
                complying with the safety, weight, insurance, and 
                hazardous materials requirements of the United States,
                    (B) a full-time enforcement program with respect to 
                the requirements described in subparagraph (A) is in 
                place, and
                    (C) an on-going program of monitoring and 
                evaluation with respect to the requirements is in 
                place.
    (c) Joint Resolution Described; Procedural Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a), a joint 
        resolution is described in this subsection if it is a joint 
        resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress and the matter after the 
        resolving clause of such joint resolution is as follows: ``That 
        the Congress authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to 
        approve applications submitted by Mexican motor carriers of 
        property, drivers, enterprises, and brokers to operate across 
        the United States-Mexico international boundary line and by 
        Mexican owned or controlled enterprises to transport 
        international cargo in the United States, if the Secretary is 
        satisfied that the carrier, driver, enterprise, or broker, as 
        the case may be, meets United States safety, health, and 
        operating standards, and any other applicable standard, for 
        such operations.''
            (2) Procedural provisions.--The requirements of this 
        subsection are met if the Congress adopts and transmits the 
        joint resolution described in paragraph (1) to the President at 
        any time after the Congress receives the certifications 
        described in subsection (b).
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