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(2) al Qaeda and Taliban fighters remain active 
in Afghanistan and antiterrorist operations led by 
the international coalition are still ongoing. 
(3) The Heads of State of the SCO declared 
that they supported the Global War on Terrorism 
and would strengthen their efforts to combat and 
prevent terrorism. 
(4) The Heads of State of the SCO called for 
the relevant State parties of the anti-terrorist coali-
tion to set a deadline for the temporary use of the 
infrastructure facilities of the SCO Member States 
and for their military presence in these countries. 
(b) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress—
(1) commends the Heads of State of the SCO 
for their declaration of support of the Global War on 
Terrorism and for strengthening their efforts to 
combat and prevent terrorism; 
(2) commends the support of the anti-terrorist 
efforts of the international coalition in Afghanistan; 
(3) expresses its concern about language in the 
declaration of the Heads of State of the SCO calling 
for the relevant State parties of the anti-terrorist co-
alition to set a deadline for the temporary use of the 
infrastructure facilities of the SCO Member States
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and for their military presence in these countries; 
and 
(4) calls on the President, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of Defense to open a dia-
logue with the appropriate Member States in the 
SCO concerning the importance of the use of bases 
in the SCO Member States and report to Congress 
on the outcome of such dialogue. 
SEC. 1414. PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING OF METHAMPHET-
AMINE INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM MEX-
ICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau for Inter-
national Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, shall 
take such actions as are necessary to prevent the smug-
gling of methamphetamine into the United States from 
Mexico. 
(b) SPECIFIC ACTIONS.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall—
(1) improve bilateral efforts at the United 
States-Mexico border to prevent the smuggling of 
methamphetamine into the United States from Mex-
ico; 
(2) seek to work with Mexican law enforcement 
authorities to improve the ability of such authorities
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to combat the production and trafficking of meth-
amphetamine, including by providing equipment and 
technical assistance, as appropriate; and 
(3) encourage the Government of Mexico to 
take immediate action to reduce the diversion of 
pseudoephedrine by drug trafficking organizations 
for the production and trafficking of methamphet-
amine. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the implementation of this section 
for the prior year. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section not less than $4,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2006 and 2007. 
SEC. 1415. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING THE AT-
TACKS ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS BY PAL-
ESTINIAN TERRORISTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since the late Yasser Arafat renounced vio-
lence in the Oslo Peace Accords on September 13, 
1993, at least 53 United States citizens, including
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one unborn child, have been murdered by Pales-
tinian terrorists. 
(2) On December 1, 1993, in a drive-by shoot-
ing north of Jerusalem, Hamas killed United States 
citizen Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came 
from Los Angeles. 
(3) On October 9, 1994, Hamas kidnapped and 
murdered 
United 
States 
citizen 
Nachshon 
Wachsman, 19, whose family came from New York 
City. 
(4) On April 9, 1995, an Islamic Jihad bomb 
attack on a bus near Kfar Darom killed United 
States citizen Alisa Flatow, 20, from West Orange, 
New Jersey. 
(5) On August 21, 1995, in a Hamas bus 
bombing in Jerusalem, United States citizen Joan 
Davenny, from New Haven, Connecticut, was killed. 
(6) On September 9, 1995, Mara Frey of Chi-
cago was stabbed in Ma‘‘ale Michmash resulting in 
her unborn child’’s death. 
(7) On February 25, 1996, three United States 
citizens, Sara Duker of Teaneck, New Jersey, Mat-
thew Eisenfeld of West Hartford, Connecticut, and 
Ira Weinstein of New York City, were killed in a 
Hamas bus bombing in Jerusalem.
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(8) On May 13, 1996, United States citizen 
David Boim, 17, of New York City, was killed in a 
drive-by shooting near Beit El, north of Jerusalem. 
(9) On June 9, 1996, United States citizen 
Yaron Ungar was killed in a drive-by shooting near 
Beit Shemesh. 
(10) On July 30, 1997, United States citizen 
Leah Stern of Passaic, New Jersey, was killed in a 
Hamas bombing in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda 
market. 
(11) On September 4, 1997, a Hamas bombing 
on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, killed Yael 
Botwin, 14, of Los Angeles. 
(12) On April 19, 1998, an attack near the 
Israeli town of Maon killed United States citizen 
Dov Dribben, 28. 
(13) On October 8, 2000, Rabbi Hillel 
Lieberman, 36, of New York City, was stabbed and 
killed near Nablus. 
(14) On October 30, 2000, United States cit-
izen Esh-Kodesh Gilmore, 25, was shot in Jeru-
salem. 
(15) On December 31, 2000, Rabbi Binyamin 
Kahane, 34, and his wife, Talia Hertzlich Kahane,
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both formerly of New York City, were killed in a 
drive-by shooting near Ofra. 
(16) On May 9, 2001, Jacob ‘‘Koby’’ Mandell, 
13, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was killed in an at-
tack near Tekoah. 
(17) On May 29, 2001, Sarah Blaustein, 53, of 
Lawrence, New York, was killed in a drive-by shoot-
ing near Efrat. 
(18) On August 9, 2001, two United States 
citizens, Judith L. Greenbaum, 31, and Malka Roth, 
15, were killed in the Jerusalem Sbarro pizzeria 
bombing. 
(19) On November 4, 2001, Shoshana Ben-
Yishai, 16, of New York City, was shot and killed 
during an attack on a Jerusalem bus. 
(20) On January 15, 2002, Avraham Boaz, 72, 
of New York City, was killed in a shooting near 
Bethlehem. 
(21) On January 18, 2002, United States cit-
izen Aaron Elis, 32, was killed in a shooting in 
Hadera. 
(22) On February 8, 2002, United States cit-
izen Moranne Amit, 25, was killed in a stabbing in 
Abu Tor Peace Forest, Jerusalem.