In the Senate of the United States,
March 20, 1997.
Resolved, That the resolution from the House of Rep-
resentatives (H.J. Res. 58) entitled ‘‘Joint resolution dis-
approving the certification of the President under section
490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding for-
eign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997.’’ do pass
with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert:
SECTION 1. REPORT REQUIREMENT.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The abuse of illicit drugs in the United
States results in 14,000 deaths per year, has inordi-
nate social consequences for the United States, and
exacts economic costs in excess of $67,000,000,000 per
year to the American people.
(2) An estimated 12,800,000 Americans, rep-
resenting all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, use il-
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legal drugs, including 1,500,000 users of cocaine. Fur-
ther, 10.9 percent of Americans between 12 and 17
years of age use illegal drugs, and one in American
four children claim to have been offered illegal drugs
in the past year. Americans spend approximately
$49,000,000,000 per year on illegal drugs.
(3) There is a need to continue and intensify
anti-drug education efforts in the United States, par-
ticularly education directed at the young.
(4) 
Significant 
quantities 
of 
heroin,
methamphetamines, and marijuana used in the Unit-
ed States are produced in Mexico, and a major por-
tion of the cocaine used in the United States is im-
ported into the United States through Mexico.
(5) These drugs are moved illegally across the
border between Mexico and the United States by
major criminal organizations, which operate on both
sides of that border and maintain the illegal flow of
drugs into Mexico and the United States.
(6) There is evidence of significant corruption
affecting institutions of the Government of Mexico
(including the police and military), including the ar-
rest in February 1997 of General Jesus Gutierrez
Rebollo, the head of the drug law enforcement agency
of Mexico, for accepting bribes from senior leaders of
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the Mexican drug cartels. In 1996, the Attorney Gen-
eral of Mexico dismissed more than 1,200 Mexico fed-
eral law enforcement officers in an effort to eliminate
corruption, although some were rehired and none has
been successfully prosecuted for corruption. In the
United States, some law enforcement officials may
also be affected by corruption.
(7) The success of efforts to control illicit drug
trafficking depends on improved coordination and co-
operation between Mexico and United States drug law
enforcement agencies and other institutions respon-
sible for activities against illicit production, traffic
and abuse of drugs, particularly in the common bor-
der region.
(8) The Government of Mexico recognizes that it
must further develop the institutional financial regu-
latory and enforcement capabilities necessary to pre-
vent money laundering in the banking and financial
sectors of Mexico and has sought United States assist-
ance in these areas.
(9) The Government of Mexico has recently ap-
proved, but has yet to implement fully, new and more
effective legislation against organized crime and
money laundering.
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(10) The Government of the United States and
the Government of Mexico are engaged in bilateral
consideration of the problems of illicit drug produc-
tion, trafficking, and abuse through the High Level
Contact Group on Drug Control established in 1996.
(11) The President of Mexico has declared that
drug trafficking is the number one threat to the na-
tional security of Mexico.
(12) In December 1996, the Government of the
United States and the Government of Mexico joined
with the governments of other countries in the West-
ern Hemisphere to seek to eliminate all production,
trafficking, and abuse of drugs and to prevent money
laundering.
(13) Section 101 of division C of the Omnibus
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law
104–208) requires the Attorney General to increase
the number of positions for full-time, active-duty pa-
trol agents within the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service by 1,000 per year through the year 2001.
(14) The proposed budget of the President for fis-
cal year 1998 includes a request for 500 such agents.
(15) Drug cartels continue to operate with impu-
nity in Mexico, and effective action needs to be taken
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against Mexican drug trafficking organizations, par-
ticularly the Juarez and Tijuana cartels.
(16) While Mexico has begun to extradite its citi-
zens for the first time and has cooperated by expelling
or deporting major international drug criminals,
United States requests for extradition of Mexican na-
tionals indicted in United States courts on drug-re-
lated charges have not been granted by the Govern-
ment of Mexico.
(17) Cocaine seizures and arrests of drug traf-
fickers in Mexico have dropped since 1992.
(18) United States law enforcement agents oper-
ating in Mexico along the United States border with
Mexico must be allowed adequate protection.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COOPERATION ON DRUGS
BY COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.—It is the
sense of Congress to urge the President, in his official visits
in the Western Hemisphere, to examine with leaders of gov-
ernments of other countries in the Western Hemisphere the
effectiveness of efforts to improve counterdrug activities in
order to curtail the production, traffic, and abuse of illicit
drugs, and to define plans for specific actions to improve
cooperation on such activities, including consideration of
a coordinated multilateral alliance.
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(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS OF PROGRESS IN HALTING
PRODUCTION AND TRAFFIC OF DRUGS IN MEXICO.—It is
the sense of Congress that there has been ineffective and in-
sufficient progress in halting the production in and transit
through Mexico of illegal drugs.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than September
1, 1997, the President shall submit to Congress a report
describing the following:
(1) The extent of any significant and demon-
strable progress made by the Government of the Unit-
ed States and the Government of Mexico, respectively,
during the period beginning on March 1, 1997, and
ending on the date of the report in achieving the fol-
lowing objectives relating to counterdrug cooperation:
(A) The investigation and dismantlement of
the principal organizations responsible for drug
trafficking and related crimes in both Mexico
and the United States, including the prevention
and elimination of their activities, the prosecu-
tion or extradition and incarceration of their
leaders, and the seizure of their assets.
(B) The development and strengthening of
permanent working relationships between the
United States and Mexico law enforcement agen-
cies, with particular reference to law enforcement
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directed against drug trafficking and related
crimes, including full funding and deployment of
the Binational Border Task Forces as agreed
upon by both governments.
(C) The strengthening of bilateral border en-
forcement, including more effective screening for
and seizure of contraband.
(D) The denial of safe havens to persons
and organizations responsible for drug traffick-
ing and related crimes and the improvement of
cooperation on extradition matters between both
countries.
(E) The simplification of evidentiary re-
quirements for narcotics crimes and related
crimes and for violence against law enforcement
officers.
(F) The full implementation of effective
laws and regulations for banks and other finan-
cial institutions to combat money laundering,
including the enforcement of penalties for non-
compliance by such institutions, and the prosecu-
tion of money launderers and seizure of their as-
sets.
(G) The eradication of crops destined for il-
licit drug use in Mexico and in the United
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(C) deploying 1,000 additional active-duty,
full-time patrol agents within the Immigration
and Naturalization Service in fiscal year 1997
as required by section 101 of division C of the
Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997
(Public Law 104–208).
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A joint resolution re-
quiring the President to submit to Congress a report on
the efforts of the United States and Mexico to achieve re-
sults in combating the production of and trafficking in il-
licit drugs.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.