[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
CUSTOMS SERVICE
Amendments
Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 3809), S12056 [8OC]
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]
Motor vehicles: treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
emission standards (H.R. 8), S11497 [5OC], S11512 [5OC]
Articles and editorials
Bilbray, Bliley Prep Smog Bill for Quick Floor Vote, H5897 [20JY]
Bilbray Pushes for Law on Border Emission Standards, H5896 [20JY]
Bilbray Urges Crackdown on Transborder Polluters--Bill Would Stop
Vehicles at Border To Protect Air, H5895 [20JY]
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]
Drop in Drug Seizures Worries U.S. Customs, S420 [5FE]
House Panel OKs Bill To Bar U.S. Entry of Cars Into Ozone
Nonattainment Areas, H5897 [20JY]
Imported Smog--Vehicles From Mexico Add to Problem, H5895 [20JY]
Panel OKs Bill To Curb Border's Smog-Belchers, H5896 [20JY]
Smog Intervention--Bill Would Aim at Nabbing Mexican Polluters,
H5898 [20JY], H5899 [20JY]
Bills and resolutions
Appropriations: authorizing, (see H.R. 3809), H3013 [7MY]
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]
Foreign trade: funding for personnel and technology to reduce
delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
Immigration: personnel and technology funding to increase
inspections and reduce delays at border crossings and interior
checkpoints, (see H.R. 3679), H2054 [1AP]
International Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination
Center: authorizing appropriations, (see H.R. 3985), H4054
[3JN]
Law enforcement: support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
(see H. Con. Res. 288), H4325 [9JN]
Puerto Rico: clarify eligibility of employee dependents to enroll
in Dept. of Defense schools in Puerto Rico, (see S. 1667), S837
[23FE]
Tariff: permit duty-free sales enterprises to be located in certain
areas, (see S. 1861), S2570 [25MR]
Technology: funding for high energy container x-ray and automated
targeting systems for inspection of cargo, (see H.R. 3112), H63
[27JA]
Trinidad and Tobago: refund of certain customs duty deposits, (see
H.R. 3483), H1236 [17MR]
User fees: use for certain preclearance activities, (see H.R.
3644), H2052 [1AP]
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]
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]
Investigation into Citicorp/Citibank's involvement in alleged
Mexican money laundering acitivities: Representative Waters,
H3942 [22MY]
Proper use of military aid to Colombian military and law enforcement
agencies: C.E. Wilhelm, Dept. of Defense, E1831 [28SE]
------ Representative Hamilton, Committee on International Relations
(House), E1831 [28SE], E1832 [28SE]
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]
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
Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 3809), H3119 [13MY], H3407-H3416
[19MY], H3462 [19MY], E790 [7MY], E925 [20MY], E951 [22MY],
E1399 [23JY]
Dept. of Defense: assign personnel to assist the INS and the
Customs Service in the performance of their border protection
functions, H388 [11FE], H3631 [21MY], H3695-H3705 [21MY], H5741
[17JY]
------ assign personnel to assist the INS and the Customs Service in
the performance of their border protection functions, H7822
[16SE], H7835-H7844 [16SE], E1750 [17SE]
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]
------ proper use of military aid to Colombian military and law
enforcement agencies, E1831 [28SE]
------ release of report on Mexican drug trafficking relative to
NAFTA, H7002 [4AU]
------ strengthen interdiction efforts, E790 [7MY], E1399 [23JY]
El Sauzal, Mexico: murder of residents near U.S. border, E1750
[17SE]
Florida: allow the use of user fees to provide for inspection
personnel in connection with the arrival of passengers, H11581
[20OC]
International Child Pornography Investigation and Coordination
Center: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3985), H4044 [3JN]
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]
Miller, Marshall V.: Vice President's Hammer Award recipient, E470
[25MR]
Motor vehicles: treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
emission standards (H.R. 8), H5891-H5901 [20JY]
------ treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission
standards (H.R. 8), H9900-H9902 [7OC]
NAFTA: impact on drug trafficking, H7002 [4AU]
Treaties and agreements: enforcement of U.S.-Canada softwood lumber
agreement, H5199 [24JN], H5690 [16JY]
Remarks in Senate
Anniversary, S9610 [31JY]
Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 3809), S12056-S12059 [8OC]
Columbus (vessel): waiver from Jones Act provisions relative to
dredging work on the Great Lakes, S12959 [21OC]
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]
------ seizures at Mexican border, S10332-S10335 [15SE]
------ seizures at the Mexican border, S419 [5FE]
------ strengthen interdiction efforts, S9231 [29JY], S9232 [29JY],
S9235 [29JY], S9236 [29JY], S9913 [3SE]
Foreign trade: funding for personnel and technology to reduce
delays at border crossings (S. 1787), S2124 [17MR]
------ prohibit illegal shipment of textiles from Mexico, S9233
[29JY]
GAO: report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
programs along the Southwest border, S10332-S10335 [15SE]
Kelly, Raymond W.: nomination to be Commissioner of Customs, S9663
[31JY]
Law enforcement: tribute to undercover operation relative to
Mexican and Colombian drug traffickers and money laundering,
S5463 [22MY], S6011 [10JN]
Motor vehicles: treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State
emission standards (H.R. 8), S11512 [5OC]
New Mexico: establish commercial zones to improve border trade
activities with Mexico, S1824 [12MR]
Puerto Rico: clarify eligibility of employee dependents to enroll
in Dept. of Defense schools in Puerto Rico, S6681 [19JN]
----- clarify eligibility of employee dependents to enroll in Dept.
of Defense schools in Puerto Rico (S. 1667), S844 [23FE]
------ clarify eligibility of employee dependents to enroll in Dept.
of Defense schools in Puerto Rico, S11579 [6OC], S11580 [6OC]
Tariff: permit duty-free sales enterprises to be located in certain
areas (S. 1861), S2573 [25MR]
Treaties and agreements: enforcement of U.S.-Canada softwood lumber
agreement, S7242 [26JN]
Reports filed
Border Smog Reduction Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 8)
(H. Rept. 105-634), H5956 [20JY]
------ Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 8)
(S. Rept. 105-355), S11042 [28SE]
Consideration of H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act:
Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 537) (H. Rept. 105-720),
H7802 [15SE]
Customs Service Appropriations: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R.
3809) (S. Rept. 105-359), S11278 [1OC]
------ Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3809) (H. Rept.
105-541), H3366 [18MY]
Drug Free Borders Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3809)
(S. Rept. 105-359), S11278 [1OC]
Nomination of Raymond W. Kelly To Be Customs Service Commissioner:
Committee on Finance (Senate), S7939 [10JY]
Statements
Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act: OMB, H7820 [16SE]
------ Representative McCollum, H7817 [16SE]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 288, support efforts of Federal agents investigating
money laundering associated with Mexican financial institutions,
H4892 [22JN]
H. Res. 537, consideration of H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug
Elimination Act, H7817 [16SE]
H.R. 8, Border Smog Reduction Act, H5891 [20JY], H9900 [7OC]
H.R. 3809, Drug Free Borders Act, S12056-S12058 [8OC], H3407-H3409
[19MY]
H.R. 4300, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, H7827-H7831
[16SE]
S. 1667, clarify eligibility of Custom Service employee dependents
to enroll in Dept. of Defense schools in Puerto Rico, S845
[23FE]
S. 1861, permit duty-free sales enterprises to be located in certain
areas, S2573 [25MR]
S. 2522, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, S11045-S11049
[28SE]