[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 366 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 366

   Expressing the Sense of the Senate on the certification of Mexico.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 4 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

  Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
  Domenici, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Hollings, and Mr. Sessions) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the Sense of the Senate on the certification of Mexico.

Whereas Mexico will inaugurate a new government on 1 December 2000 that will be 
        the first change of authority from one party to another;
Whereas the 2nd July election of Vincente Fox Quesada of the Alliance for Change 
        marks an historic transition of power in open and fair elections;
Whereas Mexico and the United States share a 2,000-mile border, Mexico is the 
        United States' second largest trading partner, and the two countries 
        share historic and cultural ties;
Whereas drug production and trafficking are a threat to the national interests 
        and the well-being of the citizens of both countries; and
Whereas United States-Mexican cooperation on drugs is a cornerstone for policy 
        for both countries in developing effective programs to stop drug use, 
        drug production, and drug trafficking: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That (a) the Senate, on behalf of the people of the 
United States--
            (1) welcomes the constitutional transition of power in 
        Mexico;
            (2) congratulates the people of Mexico and their elected 
        representatives for this historic change; and
            (3) expresses its intent to continue to work cooperatively 
        with Mexican authorities to promote broad and effective efforts 
        for the health and welfare of United States and Mexican 
        citizens endangered by international drug trafficking, use, and 
        production.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
incoming new governments in both Mexico and the United States must 
develop and implement a counterdrug program that more effectively 
addresses the official corruption, the increase in drug traffic, and 
the lawlessness that has resulted from illegal drug trafficking, and 
that a one-year waiver of the requirement that the President certify 
Mexico is warranted to permit both new governments time to do so.
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