CENTRAL AMERICA

Addresses

Case for Labor Standards in Trade Agreements: Representative Levin, E1363 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H1900 [13MR]

Nicaragua: require that certain claims of expropriation be filed within a specified time period for purposes of the prohibition on foreign aid (see S. 707), S4376 [25MR] (see H.R. 868), H1331 [25FE]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 1300), H1908 [17MR]

Panama Canal: negotiate new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 9), H138 [8JA]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 3447), H10457 [5NO]

Remarks in House

Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships: funding, H7377 [23JY]

Dept. of State: prohibit funding relative to the negotiation of a Free Trade Area of the Americas or a Central American Free Trade Agreement unless various conditions are met, H7316-H7319 [22JY], H7337-H7339 [23JY]

Free Trade Area of the Americas: locate Permanent Secretariat in Miami, FL, H11370 [18NO], E2309 [17NO]

Guatemala: human rights violations, E1929 [30SE]

Institute of the Americas: anniversary, E950 [14MY]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: accelerate eligibility for assistance for certain developing countries, H6785-H6788 [15JY]

Nicaragua: require that certain claims of expropriation be filed within a specified time period for purposes of the prohibition on foreign aid (H.R. 868), H1915-H1917 [18MR]

Pan American Games: tribute, E1602, E1616 [25JY]

Remarks in Senate

AID: Clean Water for the Americas Partnership funding, S1441 [23JA]

Honduras: Water Missions International (organization) hospital water supply and wastewater treatment projects funding, S13796 [3NO]

Mexico: establish microcredit lending program, small rural business assistance program, small rural farmers assistance, and a system of private property ownership, S9180 [10JY], S10603 [31JY]

U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement: negotiation of environmental cooperation and trade capacity building provisions, S11634 [17SE]

Statements

Efrain Rios Montt's Eligibility To Run in Guatemalan Elections: Jessica Leight and Molly Maas, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, E1929 [30SE]

Texts of

H.R. 868, Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act, H1915 [18MR]