IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 566 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should seek to convene an international conference in 2006 to develop 
more effective means to deal with the serious and growing threat of 
methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2005 
Mr. CARDOZA (for himself, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
WAMP, Mr. BERRY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. GIBBONS) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the President should seek to convene an international 
conference in 2006 to develop more effective means to 
deal with the serious and growing threat of methamphet-
amine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals. 
Whereas methamphetamine abuse is one of the most serious 
public health threats facing the United States, as the 
drug is highly addictive, physically debilitating, and car-
ries a high risk of overdose; 
Whereas, although methamphetamine is easy to produce, 
drug traffickers need to obtain the necessary precursor 
chemicals to make the drug;
•HRES 566 IH 
Whereas 
the 
most 
significant 
precursor 
chemical 
is 
pseudoephedrine, which is commonly used in cold medi-
cines; 
Whereas pseudoephedrine is produced by only a small number 
of manufacturers worldwide, and the supply could there-
fore be monitored and controlled to help prevent its diver-
sion to methamphetamine production; 
Whereas drug traffickers have taken advantage of the world-
wide distribution of pseudoephedrine to obtain the chem-
ical for methamphetamine production; 
Whereas, for example, Mexican imports of pseudoephedrine 
tripled between 2000 to 2004, and are now far in excess 
of legitimate demand for the chemical in that country; 
Whereas the Office of National Drug Control Policy believes 
that two-thirds of all methamphetamine used in the 
United States is now produced in Mexico, by large drug 
trafficking organizations; 
Whereas methamphetamine traffickers may also be using 
third countries as routes for precursor chemical smug-
gling; 
Whereas from 2000 to 2003, Argentina’s imports of 
pseudoephedrine doubled, Colombia’s imports tripled, and 
Indonesia’s rose tenfold; and 
Whereas currently, there are few international mechanisms 
for monitoring the distribution of pseudoephedrine to pre-
vent its diversion to illegal drug production: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the principles of the international 
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), the
•HRES 566 IH 
Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971), and 
the Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic 
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988); 
(2) calls on the President to seek to convene an 
international conference on the threat of meth-
amphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemi-
cals, with the participation and involvement of gov-
ernment leaders at the highest level from all coun-
tries that are direct sources of precursor chemicals 
and from all countries that are most affected by 
methamphetamine production, trafficking, and use, 
to intensify and coordinate an effective international 
response in order to prevent methamphetamine pro-
duction; 
(3) calls on the countries in which the precursor 
chemicals and pharmaceutical products used in the 
manufacture of methamphetamine are produced, and 
the countries that are most affected by methamphet-
amine trafficking, to establish an effective inter-
national system to monitor and control these prod-
ucts to prevent their diversion to illegal purposes; 
and 
(4) calls on the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Health and
•HRES 566 IH 
Human Services, to take active steps to establish 
such an international system, by seeking to nego-
tiate, draft, and ratify such multilateral or bilateral 
agreements as may be necessary. 
Æ