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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2946
To provide that applications by Mexican motor carriers of property for author-
ity to provide service across the United States-Mexico international
boundary line and by persons of Mexico who establish enterprises in
the United States seeking to distribute international cargo in the United
States shall not be approved until certain certifications are made to
the Congress by the President and the Secretary of Transportation,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 1996
Mr. MILLER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To provide that applications by Mexican motor carriers of
property for authority to provide service across the
United States-Mexico international boundary line and by
persons of Mexico who establish enterprises in the United
States seeking to distribute international cargo in the
United States shall not be approved until certain certifi-
cations are made to the Congress by the President and
the Secretary of Transportation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. CERTIFICATION BY SECRETARY OF TRANSPOR-
TATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall not ap-
prove the application of any Mexican motor carrier of
property to provide service across the United States-Mex-
ico international boundary line or by a Mexican owned or
controlled enterprise established in the United States to
transport international cargo in foreign commerce, until
the certifications described in subsection (b) are submitted
to the Congress and a joint resolution described in sub-
section (c) is enacted into law.
(b) CERTIFICATIONS DESCRIBED.—The certifications
described in this subsection mean written statements sub-
mitted to the Congress—
(1) by the President certifying that pursuant to
section 490A(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291k(b)), Mexico is taking suffi-
cient steps to combat international narcotics traf-
ficking, and
(2) by the Secretary of Transportation certify-
ing that—
(A) the operating authority described in
subsection (a) shall not be granted to any Mexi-
can motor carrier, driver, enterprise, or broker
unless such carrier, driver, enterprise, or broker
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is aware of and is complying with the safety,
weight, insurance, and hazardous materials re-
quirements of the United States,
(B) a full-time enforcement program with
respect to the requirements described in sub-
paragraph (A) is in place, and
(C) an on-going program of monitoring
and evaluation with respect to the requirements
is in place.
(c) JOINT RESOLUTION DESCRIBED; PROCEDURAL
REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection
(a), a joint resolution is described in this subsection
if it is a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress
and the matter after the resolving clause of such
joint resolution is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress au-
thorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve
applications submitted by Mexican motor carriers of
property, drivers, enterprises, and brokers to operate
across 
the 
United 
States-Mexico 
international
boundary line and by Mexican owned or controlled
enterprises to transport international cargo in the
United States, if the Secretary is satisfied that the
carrier, driver, enterprise, or broker, as the case may
be, meets United States safety, health, and operat-
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ing standards, and any other applicable standard,
for such operations.’’
(2) PROCEDURAL
PROVISIONS.—The require-
ments of this subsection are met if the Congress
adopts and transmits the joint resolution described
in paragraph (1) to the President at any time after
the Congress receives the certifications described in
subsection (b).
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