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

    CENTRAL AMERICA
      Amendments
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), H7803 [15SE], H7807 [15SE], H7808 [15SE],
            H7827 [16SE], H7831 [16SE], H7835 [16SE], H7838 [16SE], H7845
            [16SE], H7848 [16SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Dianna Ortiz Joins Vigil for Torture Victims, S9857 [2SE]
        Look at . . . A Murder in Guatemala--The Mysterious Death of Bishop
            Gerardi, H7454 [9SE]
        Sister Dianna Is Inspirational, S9856 [2SE]
        Sister Rita Gets 6-Month Sentence--Do-Gooder Nun Awaits Jail for
            Protest at Fort Benning, GA, E148 [11FE]
      Bills and resolutions
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR], (see H. Con. Res. 306),
            H6282 [23JY]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2341), S8778 [22JY], (see H.R. 4300), H6186
            [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE] enhance interdiction
            efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
            crop substitution programs in source countries (H.R. 4300),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 537), H7802 [15SE]
        Ecuador:  human rights and due process violations, (see H. Res.
            353), H385 [5FE]
        El Salvador:  commission of war crimes against U.S. Army pilots
            David H. Pickett and Earnest Dawson, Jr., (see H. Con. Res.
            314), H6999 [3AU]
        Foreign policy:  extradition of Salvadorans, (see H. Res. 569),
            H9345 [2OC]
        Guatemala:  investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi and
            implementation of peace accords, (see H. Res. 421), H2931 [6MY]
        Nicaragua:  tribute to activities of the International Support and
            Verification Commission of the OAS, (see H. Con. Res. 222), H497
            [12FE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  allow
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see S. 2441), S9973 [8SE]
        ------ eliminate requirement that family members of eligible aliens
            be Nicaraguan or Cuban nationals, (see H.R. 4020), H4324 [9JN]
        ------ provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for
            adjustment of status, (see H.R. 3553), H1549 [25MR]
        Panama Canal:  negotiation of a new agreement relative to the
            presence of U.S. Armed Forces, (see H.R. 4858), H11694 [20OC]
      Letters
        Declassification of information relative to human rights abuses in
            Guatemala and Honduras:  Dianna Ortiz, S9840 [2SE]
        Investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi in Guatemala:  Senator
            Wellstone, S3745 [29AP]
        School of the Americas funding:  William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense,
            H8008 [17SE]
        Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:  Representative Archer,
            Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Gilman, Committee on International Relations
            (House), H7847 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
            H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Robert F. Smith, Committee on Agriculture
            (House), H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and
            Infrastructure (House), H7846 [16SE]
        ------ Representative Spence, Committee on National Security
            (House), H7846 [16SE]
      Lists
        School of the Americas graduates accused of human rights abuses
            while in the Colombian military, H8006 [17SE]
      Messages
        Inter-American Convention Against Corruption:  President Clinton,
            S3014 [1AP]
        Return of Stolen Vehicles Treaty With Belize:  President Clinton,
            S6915 [23JN]
      Remarks in House
        Army:  tribute to School of the Americas, E795 [7MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  revise priority for counter-drug activities
            making it second only to war-fighting mission, H7832-H7835
            [16SE]
        ------ School of the Americas funding, H7959 [17SE], H8005-H8012
            [17SE], E1085 [10JN], E1765 [18SE]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), E1391-E1393 [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, H10995 [15OC], H10996 [15OC] enhance interdiction
            efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
            crop substitution programs in source countries (H.R. 4300),
            H7819-H7857 [16SE], E1744 [17SE], E1760 [18SE] enhance
            interdiction efforts in major transit countries and support
            eradication and crop substitution programs in source countries
            (H.R. 4300), consideration (H. Res. 537), H7817-H7819 [16SE]
        ------ 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]
        Guatemala:  investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi and
            implementation of peace accords (H. Res. 421), E854 [13MY]
        ------ investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi and implementation of
            peace accords (H. Res. 421), H7453-H7457 [9SE], E1686 [10SE]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (H.R.
            2635), E854 [13MY]
        Latin America:  tribute to countries that held democratic elections,
            E91 [4FE]
        NAFTA:  impact on employment and the economy, H2063 [21AP]
        Nicaragua:  tribute to activities of the International Support and
            Verification Commission of the OAS (H. Con. Res. 222),
            H2359-H2361 [28AP]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  develop plan to use
            mycoherbicides to control certain narcotic crops, H7835 [16SE]
        Panama:  attempt to amend Constitution to eliminate Presidential
            term limits, E1602 [7AU], E1614 [7AU]
        Panama Canal:  negotiation of a new agreement relative to the
            presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.R. 4858), E2259 [20OC]
        ------ negotiation of new agreement relative to presence of U.S.
            Armed Forces, E1308 [15JY]
        Steinhagen, Rita:  conviction for trespassing at the Army School of
            the Americas, E147 [11FE]
      Remarks in Senate
        Classified information:  declassification of information relative to
            human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, S9839-S9841
            [2SE], S9854-S9858 [2SE], S9859 [2SE]
        Coast Guard:  enhance drug interdiction efforts, S8906 [23JY], S8907
            [23JY]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters
            (S. Con. Res. 84), S2137 [17MR]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (S. 2341), S8780-S8782 [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), S12483-S12486 [14OC] enhance interdiction
            efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
            crop substitution programs in source countries (S. 2341), S12960
            [21OC] enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries
            and support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (S. 2522), S11043-S11051 [28SE], S11633 [6OC]
        Gerardi, Juan:  investigation of murder in Guatemala, S3708 [28AP],
            S3744 [29AP]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  allow
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status (S. 2441), S9973 [8SE]
        Panama Canal:  negotiation of new agreement relative to presence of
            U.S. Armed Forces, S2211 [18MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S6915
            [23JN]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:
             Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 537) (H. Rept. 105-720),
            H7802 [15SE]
      Statements
        Investigation of Murder of Juan Gerardi in Guatemala:  Office of
            Human Rights, Archibishop of Guatemala, S3744 [29AP]
        Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:  OMB, H7820 [16SE]
        ------ Representative McCollum, H7817 [16SE]
      Testimonies
        Declassifiction of Information Relative to Human Rights Abuses in
            Guatemala:  Dianna Ortiz, S9840 [2SE]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 222, tribute to activities of the International Support
            and Verification Commission of the OAS towards Nicaragua, H2360
            [28AP]
        H. Res. 421, investigation of murder of Juan Gerardi and
            implementation of peace accords in Guatemala, H7453 [9SE]
        H. Res. 537, consideration of H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug
            Elimination Act, H7817 [16SE]
        H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, H7827-H7831
            [16SE]
        H.R. 4858, United States-Panama Partnership Act, E2260-E2262 [20OC]
        S. 2441, Central American and Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act,
            S9974 [8SE]
        S. 2522, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, S11045-S11049
            [28SE]
        S. Con. Res. 84, protection of lives and property rights from
            squatters in Costa Rica, S2136 [17MR]