[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 58 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                        March 20, 1997.
      Resolved, That the resolution from the House of Representatives 
(H.J. Res. 58) entitled ``Joint resolution disapproving the 
certification of the President under section 490(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico during 
fiscal year 1997.'' do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

            Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert:

SECTION 1. REPORT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The abuse of illicit drugs in the United States results 
        in 14,000 deaths per year, has inordinate social consequences 
        for the United States, and exacts economic costs in excess of 
        $67,000,000,000 per year to the American people.
            (2) An estimated 12,800,000 Americans, representing all 
        ethnic and socioeconomic groups, use illegal drugs, including 
        1,500,000 users of cocaine. Further, 10.9 percent of Americans 
        between 12 and 17 years of age use illegal drugs, and one in 
        American four children claim to have been offered illegal drugs 
        in the past year. Americans spend approximately $49,000,000,000 
        per year on illegal drugs.
            (3) There is a need to continue and intensify anti-drug 
        education efforts in the United States, particularly education 
        directed at the young.
            (4) Significant quantities of heroin, methamphetamines, and 
        marijuana used in the United States are produced in Mexico, and 
        a major portion of the cocaine used in the United States is 
        imported into the United States through Mexico.
            (5) These drugs are moved illegally across the border 
        between Mexico and the United States by major criminal 
        organizations, which operate on both sides of that border and 
        maintain the illegal flow of drugs into Mexico and the United 
        States.
            (6) There is evidence of significant corruption affecting 
        institutions of the Government of Mexico (including the police 
        and military), including the arrest in February 1997 of General 
        Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo, the head of the drug law enforcement 
        agency of Mexico, for accepting bribes from senior leaders of 
        the Mexican drug cartels. In 1996, the Attorney General of 
        Mexico dismissed more than 1,200 Mexico federal law enforcement 
        officers in an effort to eliminate corruption, although some 
        were rehired and none has been successfully prosecuted for 
        corruption. In the United States, some law enforcement 
        officials may also be affected by corruption.
            (7) The success of efforts to control illicit drug 
        trafficking depends on improved coordination and cooperation 
        between Mexico and United States drug law enforcement agencies 
        and other institutions responsible for activities against 
        illicit production, traffic and abuse of drugs, particularly in 
        the common border region.
            (8) The Government of Mexico recognizes that it must 
        further develop the institutional financial regulatory and 
        enforcement capabilities necessary to prevent money laundering 
        in the banking and financial sectors of Mexico and has sought 
        United States assistance in these areas.
            (9) The Government of Mexico has recently approved, but has 
        yet to implement fully, new and more effective legislation 
        against organized crime and money laundering.
            (10) The Government of the United States and the Government 
        of Mexico are engaged in bilateral consideration of the 
        problems of illicit drug production, trafficking, and abuse 
        through the High Level Contact Group on Drug Control 
        established in 1996.
            (11) The President of Mexico has declared that drug 
        trafficking is the number one threat to the national security 
        of Mexico.
            (12) In December 1996, the Government of the United States 
        and the Government of Mexico joined with the governments of 
        other countries in the Western Hemisphere to seek to eliminate 
        all production, trafficking, and abuse of drugs and to prevent 
        money laundering.
            (13) Section 101 of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208) requires the 
        Attorney General to increase the number of positions for full-
        time, active-duty patrol agents within the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service by 1,000 per year through the year 2001.
            (14) The proposed budget of the President for fiscal year 
        1998 includes a request for 500 such agents.
            (15) Drug cartels continue to operate with impunity in 
        Mexico, and effective action needs to be taken against Mexican 
        drug trafficking organizations, particularly the Juarez and 
        Tijuana cartels.
            (16) While Mexico has begun to extradite its citizens for 
        the first time and has cooperated by expelling or deporting 
        major international drug criminals, United States requests for 
        extradition of Mexican nationals indicted in United States 
        courts on drug-related charges have not been granted by the 
        Government of Mexico.
            (17) Cocaine seizures and arrests of drug traffickers in 
        Mexico have dropped since 1992.
            (18) United States law enforcement agents operating in 
        Mexico along the United States border with Mexico must be 
        allowed adequate protection.
    (b) Sense of Congress on Cooperation on Drugs by Countries in the 
Western Hemisphere.--It is the sense of Congress to urge the President, 
in his official visits in the Western Hemisphere, to examine with 
leaders of governments of other countries in the Western Hemisphere the 
effectiveness of efforts to improve counterdrug activities in order to 
curtail the production, traffic, and abuse of illicit drugs, and to 
define plans for specific actions to improve cooperation on such 
activities, including consideration of a coordinated multilateral 
alliance.
    (c) Sense of Congress of Progress in Halting Production and Traffic 
of Drugs in Mexico.--It is the sense of Congress that there has been 
ineffective and insufficient progress in halting the production in and 
transit through Mexico of illegal drugs.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than September 1, 1997, the 
President shall submit to Congress a report describing the following:
            (1) The extent of any significant and demonstrable progress 
        made by the Government of the United States and the Government 
        of Mexico, respectively, during the period beginning on March 
        1, 1997, and ending on the date of the report in achieving the 
        following objectives relating to counterdrug cooperation:
                    (A) The investigation and dismantlement of the 
                principal organizations responsible for drug 
                trafficking and related crimes in both Mexico and the 
                United States, including the prevention and elimination 
                of their activities, the prosecution or extradition and 
                incarceration of their leaders, and the seizure of 
                their assets.
                    (B) The development and strengthening of permanent 
                working relationships between the United States and 
                Mexico law enforcement agencies, with particular 
                reference to law enforcement directed against drug 
                trafficking and related crimes, including full funding 
                and deployment of the Binational Border Task Forces as 
                agreed upon by both governments.
                    (C) The strengthening of bilateral border 
                enforcement, including more effective screening for and 
                seizure of contraband.
                    (D) The denial of safe havens to persons and 
                organizations responsible for drug trafficking and 
                related crimes and the improvement of cooperation on 
                extradition matters between both countries.
                    (E) The simplification of evidentiary requirements 
                for narcotics crimes and related crimes and for 
                violence against law enforcement officers.
                    (F) The full implementation of effective laws and 
                regulations for banks and other financial institutions 
                to combat money laundering, including the enforcement 
                of penalties for non-compliance by such institutions, 
                and the prosecution of money launderers and seizure of 
                their assets.
                    (G) The eradication of crops destined for illicit 
                drug use in Mexico and in the United States in order to 
                minimize and eventually eliminate the production of 
                such crops.
                    (H) The establishment and implementation of a 
                comprehensive screening process to assess the 
                suitability and financial and criminal background of 
                all law enforcement and other officials involved in the 
                fight against organized crime, including narcotics 
                trafficking.
                    (I) The rendering of support to Mexico in its 
                efforts to identify, remove, and prosecute corrupt 
                officials at all levels of government, including law 
                enforcement and military officials.
                    (J) The augmentation and strengthening of bilateral 
                cooperation.
            (2) The extent of any significant and demonstrable progress 
        made by the Government of the United States during the period 
        beginning on March 1, 1997, and ending on the date of the 
        report in--
                    (A) implementing a comprehensive anti-drug 
                education effort in the United States targeted at 
                reversing the rise in drug use by America's youth;
                    (B) implementing a comprehensive international drug 
                interdiction and enforcement strategy; and
                    (C) deploying 1,000 additional active-duty, full-
                time patrol agents within the Immigration and 
                Naturalization Service in fiscal year 1997 as required 
                by section 101 of division C of the Omnibus 
                Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-
                208).

            Amend the title so as to read: ``A joint resolution 
        requiring the President to submit to Congress a report on the 
        efforts of the United States and Mexico to achieve results in 
        combating the production of and trafficking in illicit 
        drugs.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
105th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                             H. J. Res. 58

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                               AMENDMENTS