    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    MEXICO, UNITED STATES OF
      Appointments
        Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S6637 [18JN], H2321 [27AP],
            H4824 [18JN]
      Articles and editorials
        Ally in the War on Drugs, E617 [22AP]
        Bilbray, Bliley Prep Smog Bill for Quick Floor Vote, H5897 [20JY]
        Bilbray Diverts Smelly River With Bulldozer; May Have Violated Law,
            H10173 [8OC]
        Bilbray Pushes for Law on Border Emission Standards, H5896 [20JY]
        Bilbray Says State of Emergency Needed To Deal With Raw Sewage,
            H10174 [8OC]
        Bilbray Urges Crackdown on Transborder Polluters--Bill Would Stop
            Vehicles at Border To Protect Air, H5895 [20JY]
        Border Breathes Sigh of Relief as Wilson Acts on Tijuana Sewage,
            H10176 [8OC]
        Border Smog Bill Wins Bipartisan Backing in House Commerce Markup,
            H5897 [20JY]
        Border Tour Boosts Bill To Compel Registration of Mexican Cars Here,
            H5895 [20JY]
        County May Act To Ease Effects of Mexico Sewage, H10174 [8OC]
        County To Ask Wilson's Help on Tijuana Sewage, H10174 [8OC]
        Drop in Drug Seizures Worries U.S. Customs, S420 [5FE]
        Elite Mexican Drug Officers Said To Be Tied to Traffickers, H7849
            [16SE]
        Emergency Decree Might Unlock Help for Tijuana Sewage Problem,
            H10173 [8OC]
        Emergency Sought on Pollution--Bilbray Seeks Fast Action on Cleanup
            of Tijuana River Valley, H10173 [8OC]
        Extend the Benefits of Free Trade, E251 [2MR]
        Health Crisis Declared Over South Bay Sewage, H10175 [8OC]
        House Panel OKs Bill To Bar U.S. Entry of Cars Into Ozone
            Nonattainment Areas, H5897 [20JY]
        Illegals Cross Sewage River-And Feds Ignore Both Problems, H10175
            [8OC]
        Imported Smog--Vehicles From Mexico Add to Problem, H5895 [20JY]
        Medications From Mexico, S7261 [26JN]
        Panel OKs Bill To Curb Border's Smog-Belchers, H5896 [20JY]
        Salinas Brother Is Tied by Swiss to Drug Trade, H8802 [25SE]
        Sewer Project Foes Meet, H10172 [8OC]
        Smog Intervention--Bill Would Aim at Nabbing Mexican Polluters,
            H5898 [20JY], H5899 [20JY]
        State To Pay To Treat TJ Sewage, H10175 [8OC]
        3 Officials Here Pledge To Fight Sewage Project, H10172 [8OC]
        Tijuana River Valley May Get Emergency Status on Sewage, H10175
            [8OC]
        Tijuana Sewage Is Flowing Faster, Killing Estuary, H10171 [8OC]
        U.S. Agents Warned of Mexican Retaliation, E1049 [5JN]
        Wardens Quiz Bilbray on Bulldozing of Dike, H10173 [8OC]
        What a Drag! Asia, Russia, Latin America--Trouble Abroad Threatens
            the U.S. Economy, S10707-S10710 [22SE]
        Wilson Declares Sewage Emergency, H10175 [8OC]
        Wilson May Declare Crisis in South Bay, H10175 [8OC]
      Bills and resolutions
        Chiapas:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the
            conflict and to protect human rights, (see S. Con. Res. 128),
            S12164 [9OC]
        Chiapas, Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights, (see H. Con. Res.
            347), H10352 [9OC]
        Crime:  renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
            of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
            criminal suspects to the U.S., (see H. Res. 381), H904 [5MR]
        ------ renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
            of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
            criminal suspects to the U.S., (see S. Res. 284), S11339 [2OC]
        Customs Service:  funding for personnel and technology to reduce
            delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
        Drugs:  limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, (see S. 2242), S7255
            [26JN]
        El Camino Real de los Tejas:  designate as a national historic
            trail, (see S. 2276), S7678 [8JY]
        ------ designate as a national historic trail, (see H.R. 4724),
            H10011 [7OC]
        Foreign aid:  assistance to combat wildfires, (see H. Res. 469),
            H4549 [11JN]
        ------ disapprove certification of drug enforcement efforts, (see
            S.J. Res. 42), S1255 [3MR] disapprove certification of drug
            enforcement efforts, but grant national interest waiver, (see
            S.J. Res. 43), S1255 [3MR], (see H.J. Res. 114), H850 [4MR]
        Foreign trade:  limit controlled substances from Mexico, (see H.R.
            3633), H2052 [1AP]
        Immigration:  extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
            system must be developed, (see H.R. 4658), H9273 [1OC]
        ------ extend date by which an automated entry-exit control system
            must be developed by the INS, (see S. 2540), S11279 [1OC]
        ------ personnel and technology funding to increase inspections and
            reduce delays at border crossings and interior checkpoints, (see
            H.R. 3679), H2054 [1AP]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
        Motor vehicles:  increase inspection of foreign trucks near the
            Canadian and Mexican borders, (see S. 2042), S4528 [7MY]
        NAFTA:  impact on employment and the economy, (see H.R. 3540), H1444
            [24MR]
        Sewage disposal:  inadequacy of sewage infrastructure facilities
            relative to flow of raw sewage into the U.S., (see H. Con. Res.
            331), H9274 [1OC]
        Tariff:  purified terephthalic acid, (see S. 1702), S1255 [3MR],
            (see H.R. 3501), H1298 [18MR]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory, (see H. Res. 595), H10832 [13OC]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see S. 2503), S10657 [21SE]
        ----- determine validity of certain land claims involving the
            descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (H.R. 2538),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 522), H7493 [9SE]
        ------ establish committees to assist in settlement of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens, (see S. 2155), S6037 [10JN]
      Descriptions
        Involuntary Sterilization Practices in Foreign Countries, H8002
            [17SE]
      Letters
        Border Smog Reduction Act:  Larry Bowden, Mojave Desert Air Quality
            Management District, H5894 [20JY]
        ------ R. Michael Magee, American Federation of Government
            Employees, H5893 [20JY]
        ------ Robert Clark, National Treasury Employees Union, H5893 [20JY]
        ------ Roger F. Honberger, Riverside County, CA, Board of
            Supervisors, H5895 [20JY]
        Controlled Substances Trafficking Prohibition Act:  Representative
            Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H6903 [3AU]
        ----- Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H6903
            [3AU]
        Customs Service undercover operation relative to Mexican and
            Colombian drug traffickers:  Madeleine Korbel Albright, Sec. of
            State, S6012 [10JN]
        GAO report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
            programs along the Southwest border:  Senator Feinstein, S10334
            [15SE]
        Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act:  Barbara Larkin, Dept. of
            State, H7513 [10SE]
        Investigation into Citicorp/Citibank's involvement in alleged
            Mexican money laundering acitivities:  Representative Waters,
            H3942 [22MY]
        Renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico relative to capital
            punishment:  Larry M. Eig, Congressional Research Service, H7779
            [15SE]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Rick Dovalina, League of United Latin American Citizens, H6532
            [29JY]
      Lists
        Court cases interpreting the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, H7514
            [10SE]
      Messages
        Protocol to the Extradition Treaty With Mexico:  President Clinton,
            S5357 [21MY]
      Petitions and memorials
        Riverside County, CA, Board of Supervisors:  Border Smog Reduction
            Act, H5895 [20JY]
      Press releases
        Supervisors Endorse Bill Requiring Vehicles Crossing U.S. Border To
            Be Smog-Certified:  San Diego County, CA, Board of Supervisors,
            H5894 [20JY]
      Remarks in House
        Chiapas:  human rights violations, E1131 [16JN]
        Cinco De Mayo:  observance, H2776 [5MY]
        Crime:  drug control efforts, H451 [12FE], H509 [24FE], H701 [3MR]
        ------ renegotiation of extradition treaty so that the possibility
            of capital punishment will not interfere with the extradition of
            criminal suspects to the U.S. (H. Res. 381), H7777-H7779 [15SE]
        Customs Service:  release of report on Mexican drug trafficking
            relative to NAFTA, H7002 [4AU]
        ------ strengthen drug interdiction efforts, E790 [7MY], E1399
            [23JY]
        Drugs:  limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico (H.R. 3633), H6903-H6906 [3AU]
        ------ prohibit military aid to certain Colombian and Mexican law
            enforcement agencies and bar diplomatic status for certain U.S.
            and Mexican law enforcement officers, H7848-H7854 [16SE]
        El Sauzal, Mexico:  murder of residents near U.S. border, E1750
            [17SE]
        Foreign aid:  assistance to combat wildfires (H. Res. 469),
            H6909-H6912 [3AU]
        ------ disapprove certification of drug enforcement efforts, H650
            [26FE], H2776 [5MY], H4231 [5JN], E1049 [5JN] disapprove
            certification of drug enforcement efforts, but grant national
            interest waiver (H.J. Res. 114), H883 [5MR], H1281 [18MR]
        ------ economic assistance relative to instability of economy and
            currency, H86 [28JA]
        Foreign trade:  limit controlled substances from Mexico (H.R. 3633),
            E569 [2AP]
        General Motors, Inc.:  effects of UAW strike, E1310 [15JY]
        Immigration:  extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
            system must be developed by the INS (H.R. 4658), H9204 [1OC]
        INS:  deployment of border patrol agents, H1557 [26MR], E351 [11MR]
        Law enforcement:  support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions
            (H. Con. Res. 288), H4892-H4896 [22JN]
        ------ tribute to undercover operation relative to Mexican and
            Colombian drug traffickers and money laundering, H3376 [19MY],
            H3941 [22MY]
        Mexican-American War:  anniversary, E793 [7MY]
        NAFTA:  impact on automobile industry, E1310 [15JY]
        ------ impact on drug trafficking, H7002 [4AU]
        ------ impact on employment and the economy, H737-H742 [3MR], H1174
            [17MR], H1452 [25MR], H1557 [26MR], H2063 [21AP], E251 [2MR],
            E608 [21AP], E1340 [17JY], E1614 [7AU]
        ------ implementation, E793 [7MY], E1673 [9SE]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  designation of North Texas
            as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, H919 [10MR], E183
            [12FE]
        Pasadena, TX:  rededication of Vince's Bridge site, E920 [20MY]
        Petroleum:  crude oil production, H1558 [26MR]
        Sewage disposal:  effects of untreated raw sewage on California
            beaches, H5849 [17JY]
        ------ effects of untreated raw sewage on California beaches, H10531
            [11OC]
        ------ inadequacy of sewage infrastructure facilities relative to
            flow of raw sewage into the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 331),
            H10169-H10180 [8OC]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory (H. Res. 595), E2153 [13OC]
        Treaties and agreements:  renegotiation of extradition treaty so
            that the possibility of capital punishment will not interfere
            with the extradition of criminal suspects to the U.S. (H. Res.
            381), H880 [5MR]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  anniversary, E338 [10MR]
        ------ determine validity of certain land claims involving the
            descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (H.R. 2538),
            H1516-H1520 [25MR]
        ------ determine validity of certain land claims involving the
            descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (H.R. 2538),
            H7509 [10SE], H7521 [10SE] determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens (H.R. 2538), consideration (H. Res. 522), H7507 [10SE],
            H7508 [10SE]
        U.S-Mexico Border Conference:  meeting, H1705 [30MR]
        Vazquez, Alberto:  Mr. Amigo award recipient, E142 [11FE]
      Remarks in Senate
        Chiapas:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the
            conflict and to protect human rights (S. Con. Res. 128), S12184
            [9OC], S12581 [14OC]
        ------ investigation of events, S274 [2FE]
        Cinco De Mayo:  observance, S4370 [5MY]
        Customs Service:  drug seizures at Mexican border, S10332-S10335
            [15SE]
        ------ drug seizures at the Mexican border, S419 [5FE]
        ------ funding for personnel and technology to reduce delays at
            border crossings (S. 1787), S2124 [17MR]
        ------ prohibit illegal shipment of textiles from Mexico, S9233
            [29JY]
        Drugs:  limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada (S. 2242), S7260 [26JN]
        ------ limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico (H.R. 3633), S12680 [20OC], S12681
            [20OC]
        El Camino Real de los Tejas:  designate as a national historic trail
            (S. 2276), S7680 [8JY]
        ------ designate as a national historic trail (S. 2276), S12530
            [14OC]
        Foreign aid:  disapprove certification of drug enforcement efforts
            (S.J. Res. 42), S1258-S1261 [3MR], S2636-S2657 [26MR], S2726
            [27MR]
        ----- disapprove certification of drug enforcement efforts, but
            grant national interest waiver (S.J. Res. 43), S1258-S1261
            [3MR], S2636 [26MR]
        GAO:  report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
            programs along the Southwest border, S10332-S10335 [15SE]
        General Motors, Inc.:  effects of UAW strike, S8274 [16JY]
        Immigration:  extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
            system must be developed by the INS (H.R. 4658), S12056 [8OC]
        ----- extend date by which an automated entry-exit control system
            must be developed by the INS (S. 2540), S11297 [1OC]
        Law enforcement:  tribute to undercover operation relative to
            Mexican and Colombian drug traffickers and money laundering,
            S5463 [22MY], S6011 [10JN]
        Motor vehicles:  increase inspection of foreign trucks near the
            Canadian and Mexican borders (S. 2042), S4530 [7MY]
        NAFTA:  impact on trade deficit, S8276 [16JY]
        New Mexico:  establish commercial zones to improve border trade
            activities with Mexico, S1824 [12MR]
        Tariff:  purified terephthalic acid (S. 1702), S1257 [3MR]
        Texas:  observance of Texas Independence Day, S1193 [2MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S5357
            [21MY]
        Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo:  determine validity of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens (S. 2503), S10661 [21SE]
        ----- determine validity of certain land claims involving the
            descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (S. 2503)
            (Spanish translation), S10664 [21SE]
        ------ establish committees to assist in settlement of certain land
            claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican
            citizens (S. 2155), S6043 [10JN]
        United Mexican-American Students of Colorado:  anniversary, S8380
            [16JY]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.R. 2538, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 522) (H. Rept. 105-
            699), H7493 [9SE]
        Determine Validity of Certain Land Claims Under the Treaty of
            Guadalupe-Hidalgo Involving the Descendants of Persons Who Were
            Mexican Citizens:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2538)
            (H. Rept. 105-594), H5063 [23JN]
        El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act:  Committee
            on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2276) (S. Rept.
            105-308), S9973 [8SE]
        Limit Amount of Controlled Substances Allowed To Be Brought Into the
            U.S. From Mexico:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R.
            3633) (H. Rept. 105-629), H5735 [16JY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Designation of North Texas as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking
            Area:  Greater Dallas Crime Commission, E183 [12FE]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Mexican Senate and National Chamber of Deputies, H6530 [29JY]
      Resolutions of ratification
        Extradition Treaty Between the U.S. and Mexico, S12557 [14OC],
            S12994 [12NO]
      Statements
        Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act:  Executive Office of the
            President, H7513 [10SE]
        Human Rights Situation In Chiapas, Mexico:  Mary Robinson, U.N.,
            E1132 [16JN]
        South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant Opening:
            Representative Bilbray, H10176 [8OC]
      Tables
        Arrested Mexican drug traffickers legal status, S2647 [26MR]
      Testimonies
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Representative Reyes, H6531 [29JY]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 288, support efforts of Federal agents investigating
            money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
            H4892 [22JN]
        H. Con. Res. 331, inadequacy of Mexican sewage infrastructure
            facilities relative to flow of raw sewage into the U.S., H10169
            [8OC]
        H. Res. 381, renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico so that
            the possibility of capital punishment will not interfere with
            the extradition of criminal suspects to the U.S., H7777 [15SE]
        H. Res. 469, assistance to combat wildfires, H6910 [3AU]
        H. Res. 522, consideration of H.R. 2538, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty
            Land Claims Act, H7507 [10SE]
        H.R. 3633, Controlled Substances Trafficking Prohibition Act, H6903
            [3AU]
        H.R. 4658, extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
            system must be developed by the INS, H9204 [1OC]
        S. 1702, tariff on purified terephthalic acid, S1258 [3MR]
        S. 2155, Fair Deal for Northern New Mexico Act, S6044-S6046 [10JN]
        S. 2276, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act,
            S7681 [8JY]
        S. 2503, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Equity Act,
            S10662-S10664 [21SE]
        S. 2540, extend date by which an automated entry-exit control system
            must be developed by the INS, S11297 [1OC]
        S. Con. Res. 128, adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of
            the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas, Mexico,
            S12184 [9OC]
        S. Res. 284, renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico so that
            the possibility of capital punishment will not interfere with
            the extradition of criminal suspects to the U.S., S11346 [2OC]