[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]