[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16313-16314]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2601

                    Offered By Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title X (relating to 
     reporting requirements), add the following new section:

     SEC. 1027. ALIEN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS FROM 
                   ECUADOR.

       (a) In General.--Not later than six months after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, 
     based on a cost-benefit analysis, that examines and describes 
     the most effective use, across all responsible Federal 
     departments and agencies, of United States security 
     assistance (including assistance under chapter 8 of part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.; 
     relating to international narcotics control)) to Ecuador, 
     including the use of intelligence gathering and surveillance, 
     to establish mechanisms to--

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       (1) prevent and interdict alien smuggling, including 
     trafficking in persons, from Ecuador, either at land points 
     of assembly, or later at sea;
       (2) prevent potential concealment of terrorists attempting 
     to enter the United States within the smuggled group; and
       (3) identify and prosecute individuals or organizations 
     that engage in or promote such alien smuggling.
       (b) Cooperation in Preparation.--The Secretary shall 
     prepare the report referred to in subsection (a) in 
     cooperation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, who 
     shall specifically address the roles and impacts of alien 
     smuggling from Ecuador on United States air and surface 
     assets assigned to counternarcotics missions in the eastern 
     Pacific Ocean.

                               H.R. 2601

                    Offered By Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 2: Page 241, after line 21, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 947. TRANSFER OF MARINE PATROL AIRCRAFT TO THE 
                   GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA.

       (a) Transfer Authority.--The Secretary of State, acting 
     through the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau for 
     International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, is 
     authorized to transfer to the Government of Colombia two 
     tactical, unpressurized marine patrol aircraft for use by the 
     Colombian Navy to interdict and disable drug trafficking 
     vessels in the territorial waters of Colombia. Such transfers 
     may be on a grant or lease basis, as appropriate.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section 
     $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.