MEXICO, UNITED STATES OF

Addresses

Cinco de Mayo Observance: Armando C. Alonzo, H2063 [9MY]

Joint Meeting of Congress: Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, H5411 [6SE]

Appointments

Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S562 [25JA], S833 [30JA], H1272 [28MR], H1944 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

All Trucks Need Standards, S8510 [1AU]

Ban on Mexican Trucks Called `Isolationist' Sign—White House Turns Tables on Critics, S8507 [1AU]

Congress Fact-Finding Committee Visits U.S.-Mexico Border Inspection Stations, S8088 [24JY]

Divers Ruminations, S8511 [1AU]

Farewell to Clinton, Welcome to Bush, E1504 [2AU]

Fight for Free Trade, S8507 [1AU]

Free Trade and Safe Highways, S8511 [1AU]

Honk if You Smell Cheap Politics, S8306 [27JY]

Impose U.S. Safety Standards on Mexican Trucks, S8509 [1AU]

Is It Wrong To Ask for Help on Building Codes?, S7957 [19JY]

It's About Safety—No Ifs, Ands or Trucks—Unless They Pass Tests, S8518 [1AU]

Mexican Trucks Senate Proposal Allows Free Trade While Ensuring Safer Roads, S8510 [1AU]

Mexico's Trucks on Horizon—Long-Distance Haulers Are Headed Into U.S. Once Bush Opens Borders, S7296-S7298 [9JY], S8090-S8092 [24JY]

NAFTA in Trouble, S8507 [1AU]

No Substitute for Safety Trade Pact Doesn't Preclude High Standards for Trucks, S8510 [1AU]

Open U.S. Roads to Mexican Trucks, S8506 [1AU]

Protectionism in High Gear, S8508 [1AU]

Require Mexican Trucks To Meet the Safety Test, S8510 [1AU]

Teamsters May Stall Bush Goals for Mexican Trucks and Trade, S8508 [1AU]

Tijuana Streets Teem With Addicted Youths, H7714 [1NO]

Toledo's Plea to Bush, Fox—Don't Let Trade Cost Jobs, H5378 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions

Bush, President: commend upcoming trip to Mexico to meet with President Vicente Fox and encourage future cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Mexico (see S. Con. Res. 13), S1395 [14FE] (see H. Con. Res. 35), H399 [14FE]

Chile: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (see S. 138), S101 [22JA] (see S. 586), S2662 [21MR]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1189 [27MR]

Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (see S. 92), S100 [22JA] (see S. 1031), S6212 [13JN] (see H.R. 2512), H4111 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see S. 1878), S13943 [20DE]

Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see H.R. 58), H26 [3JA]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (see H. Res. 26), H166 [31JA]

———encourage the U.S. Trade Representative to investigate price controls imposed by Mexico and Canada on prescription drugs (see H. Con. Res. 126), H1924 [3MY]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (see H.R. 1628), H1659 [26AP]

Foreign aid: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see S. 353), S1462 [15FE] (see H.R. 753), H441 [27FE]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 206), H4949 [31JY] (see H. Res. 233), H5405 [5SE]

Foreign trade: improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the U.S., establish grants to improve facilities, and designate a port technology demonstration site (see S. 884), S4940 [15MY]

Latin America: improve building practices in eligible countries (see S. 1197), S7955 [19JY] (see H.R. 2567), H4352 [19JY]

Motor vehicles: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see S. 965), S5694 [25MY] (see H. Res. 152), H2711 [24MY]

———require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (see H.R. 677), H396 [14FE]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the environment (see H.R. 473), H221 [7FE]

National Border Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 3600), H10965 [20DE]

Tariff: treatment of certain foodstuffs originating in NAFTA countries (see H.R. 2967), H6055 [25SE]

Taxation: allow drug manufacturers a tax credit if they certify that the price of a drug in the U.S. is not greater than its price in Canada or Mexico (see H.R. 946), H826 [8MR]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: establish Presidential commission to determine validity of certain land claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (see H.R. 1823), H2142 [10MY]

United Kingdom: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (see S. 140), S101 [22JA]

Excerpts

NAFTA administrative and institutional provisions, S8311-S8315 [27JY]

Letters

Compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations: Lee Klein, National Corn Growers Association, and Charles F. Conner, Corn Refiners Association, Inc., S8255 [26JY]

———Luis E. Derbez Bautista, Mexican Sec. of the Economy, S8266 [26JY], S8525 [1AU]

———NAFTA Coalition for Safe Trucks, S8264 [26JY]

———Representative Wolf, H3555 [26JN]

———several Representatives, S8505 [1AU]

Impact of NAFTA on employment and the economy: Representative Kaptur, H5379 [5SE]

Importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by U.S. citizens for personal use: William B. Simpkins, DEA, H3892, H3895 [11JY]

———William K. Hubbard, FDA, H3893 [11JY]

Mexican support of U.S. in aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, Mexican Senate, S10380 [9OC]

Press releases

Truck Safety Inspections Must Drive Plan To Open Border—AAA Texas Calls on Congress To Put Motorist Safety First: AAA Texas, LLC, S8511 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: tribute to success of poultry trade with Mexico, E473 [28MR]

Cinco de Mayo: observance, H2062 [9MY], E736 [4MY], E757 [8MY]

———observance (H. Con. Res. 85), H1745 [2MY]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H654 [7MR]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3598 [26JN], H3624 [27JN], H3756 [28JN], H3880-H3889 [11JY], E1345 [17JY]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3494 [25JN], H3789 [28JN], H3871, H3890-H3897 [11JY], E1345 [17JY]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H1837-H1841 [2MY], H3598 [26JN], H3624 [27JN], H3756 [28JN], H3851-H3858 [10JY]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (H. Res. 26), E98 [1FE]

———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs, E704 [2MY]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (H.R. 1628), H5461-H5463 [10SE]

FDA: food safety programs for foodborne threats funding through reductions in Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act funding, H3918 [11JY]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H3690 [27JN]

Foreign policy: reaction to U.S. military response to terrorist attacks, H6453 [9OC]

———recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Mexico (H. Res. 233), H5363, H5364 [5SE], E1597 [6SE]

Fox, Vicente: U.S. visit, H5378 [5SE]

Fresno County, CA: observance of Binational Health Week, E1895 [16OC]

Health: condition of health services along the U.S.-Mexico border, H4423-H4426 [23JY]

House of Representatives: authorize recess for joint session to receive Mexican President Vicente Fox, H5008 [1AU]

Immigration: economic difficulties at border crossing areas, H6783 [16OC], H7337 [29OC]

———improve policies relative to national security, H6453-H6455 [9OC], H6900 [16OC], H7843-H7846 [6NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5387-H5391 [5SE]

———reform, H5372-H5374 [5SE], H5413 [6SE], H10148-H10153 [13DE]

INS: increase number of border inspectors, H6783 [16OC], H7337 [29OC], H8514, H8515 [28NO]

Irwindale, CA: tribute to Sister City partnership with Salvatierra, Mexico, E1502 [2AU]

Latin America: U.S. policy, H7850 [6NO]

Motor vehicles: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, H3544, H3552, H3554, H3564, H3586-H3593 [26JN], H8735 [30NO]

———require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (H.R. 677), E189 [14FE]

Muniz, Jorge: Brownsville, TX, Mr. Amigo Association Mr. Amigo award recipient, E155 [13FE]

NAFTA: impact on agriculture, H3756 [28JN]

———impact on employment and the economy, H1533 [24AP], H2256 [16MY], H5378 [5SE], H8827-H8834 [4DE]

———impact on environmental issues, H1533 [24AP], H2564 [22MY]

National security: ensure adequate personnel and technology to protect borders, H7709-H7715 [1NO]

Power resources: prohibition on foreign investment in energy production, H5364 [5SE]

Santa Fe, NM: tribute to ``Carr, O'Keefe, Kahlo—Places of Their Own'' art exhibit, E166 [13FE]

Sewage disposal: treatment of Mexican sewage flowing into U.S. waters, H8889 [5DE]

Suarez Brothers Circus: safety of polar bears traveling with circus, E1979 [2NO]

Taxation: allow drug manufacturers a tax credit if they certify that the price of a drug in the U.S. is not greater than its price in Canada or Mexico (H.R. 946), E317 [8MR]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (H.R. 1819), H2931 [6JN]

Terrorism: tribute for support following the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1858 [12OC]

Texas: tribute to individuals who fought at the Alamo, H638 [6MR], E300 [7MR]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: anniversary of signing and resolution of certain land claim disputes, H207 [7FE]

U.S. policy, H5413 [6SE]

Remarks in Senate

Bush, President: commend upcoming trip to Mexico to meet with President Vicente Fox and encourage future cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Mexico (S. Con. Res. 13), S1435-S1437 [14FE]

Chile: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (S. 138), S411 [22JA]

———authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (S. 586), S2668 [21MR]

Congress: authorize appointment of committee to escort Mexican President Vicente Fox into the House chamber for joint session, S9127 [5SE]

Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (S. 92), S356 [22JA]

Dalton, GA: tribute to the Georgia Project teacher exchange program which provides bilingual teachers from Mexico to instruct students, S2302 [14MR]

DEA: tribute to efforts to combat interational drug trafficking, S5825 [5JN]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (S. 1878), S13966 [20DE]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S7440 [11JY], S7871 [18JY], S11071 [25OC]

———Caribbean and South American nations drug interdiction strategy, S4883 [14MY], S6053 [11JN]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, S7871 [18JY], S11071 [25OC]

———interdiction strategy, S9151-S9153 [6SE]

Foreign aid: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (S. 353), S1495 [15FE]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Mexico, S9159 [6SE]

Foreign trade: enforcement of current trade agreements with certain countries, S1029 [6FE]

———improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the U.S., establish grants to improve facilities, and designate a port technology demonstration site (S. 884), S4945 [15MY]

———restrictions on U.S. exports of high fructose corn syrup, S8254, S8266, S8268 [26JY]

———U.S. deficit, S3798-S3800 [24AP], S4857 [14MY], S5664-S5666 [25MY]

Fox, Vicente: U.S. visit, S9159 [6SE]

Human rights: response to murder of human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa, S11934 [15NO]

INS: increase number of border inspectors, S9361 [13SE]

Latin America: improve building practices in eligible countries (S. 1197), S7957 [19JY]

Martinez, Everardo A.P.: extradition, S4585 [9MY]

Motor vehicles: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, S7294-S7298 [9JY], S7995-S7998 [20JY], S8044-S8046, S8055 [23JY], S8080-S8096, S8099-S8102, S8105-S8108, S8110-S8112 [24JY], S8153, S8155, S8165, S8167, S8169-S8171 [25JY], S8254-S8273 [26JY], S8301-S8324, S8326-S8333 [27JY], S8500, S8504, S8515-S8527, S8536 [1AU], S11097 [25OC], S12332, S12334-S12336, S12339 [4DE]

———compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (S. 965), S5664-S5666 [25MY]

NAFTA: application of safety and environmental regulations to all trucks operating in the U.S., S8160-S8171 [25JY]

———impact on employment and the economy, S9159 [6SE]

———prevent violations, S8260-S8273 [26JY], S8301-S8316, S8326-S8333 [27JY], S8500, S8506, S8515-S8527 [1AU]

Rogers Family: tribute to efforts in search of Sequoyah's grave, S4506 [8MY]

Terrorism: tribute for support following the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S10380 [9OC]

United Kingdom: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (S. 140), S411 [22JA]

Reports

Delegation of Ecumenical Church Leaders' Trip to Mexico, H2257-H2259 [16MY]

Reports filed

El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1628) (H. Rept. 107-124), H3860 [10JY]

Statements

Mexican Participation in OAS Special Permanent Council Meeting: Mexican Government, E1859 [12OC]

Mexican Support of U.S. in Aftermath of Hijacking and Crashing of Commercial Aircraft Into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: Mexican Senate, S10380 [9OC], E1859 [12OC]

Summaries

Chile-NAFTA Accession Act (S. 138), S413 [22JA]

United Kingdom-NAFTA Accession Act (S. 140), S414 [22JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 233, recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Mexico, H5363 [5SE]

H.R. 1628, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act, H5461 [10SE]

S. 138, Chile-NAFTA Accession Act, S412 [22JA]

S. 140, United Kingdom-NAFTA Accession Act, S413 [22JA]

S. 1878, U.S./Mexico Border Health Improvement Act, S13967-S13969 [20DE]

S. Con. Res. 13, commend President Bush's upcoming trip to Mexico to meet with President Vicente Fox and encourage future cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Mexico, S1428 [14FE]