2 Whereas in a recent incident, a United States citizen injured 1 in an automobile accident in Mexico was not transferred to a United States hospital for 18 hours, even after medical personnel in Mexico recommended his immediate transfer to the United States for emergency treatment, until the family posted the bond set by Mexican authorities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that, in order 3 to protect the safety and well-being of United States citi4 zens travelling in Mexico, the President should begin nego5 tiations with the Government of Mexico to establish a hu6 manitarian exemption to Mexican bond requirements, in 7 order to ensure that United States citizens injured in Mex8 ico can be immediately transferred to United States facili9 ties for adequate medical treatment, if necessary. о [Showing H. Con. Res. 232 As Reported by the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on June 14, 2000] 106TH CONGRESS H. CON. RES. 232 Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the safety and well-being of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 17, 1999 Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. PACKARD, and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations (Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in roman) CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the safety and well-being of United States citizens injured while travelling in Mexico. Whereas hundreds of United States citizens travel by automobile to Mexico every day; June 27, 2000 (1:10 PM) F:\MAS\HC232.COM 2. Whereas United States automobile insurance in not valid in Mexico and travellers may purchase additional insurance. to cover potential liability or injury while in Mexico; Whereas in cases where additional insurance is not purchased and a United States citizen is involved in an automobile accident, the American will be subject to a bond requirement before being permitted to return to the United States; and Whereas in a recent incident, a United States citizen injured 1 in an automobile accident in Mexico was not transferred to a United States hospital for 18 hours, even after medical personnel in Mexico recommended his immediate transfer to the United States for emergency treatment, until the family posted the bond set by Mexican authorities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that, in order 3 to protect the safety and well-being of United States citi4 zens travelling in Mexico, the President should continue 5 to negotiate with the Government of Mexico to establish 6 procedures, including a humanitarian exemption to Mexi7 can bond requirements, to ensure the expedited return of 8 United States citizens injured in Mexico to the United 9 States for medical treatment, if necessary. June 27, 2000 (1:10 PM) HCON 233 IH 106тп CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 531 Condemning the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, urging the Argentine Government to punish those responsible, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 23, 2000 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ROTHMAN, and Mr. MENENDEZ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations RESOLUTION Condemning the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, urging the Argentine Government to punish those responsible, and for other purposes. Whereas on July 18, 1994, 86 innocent human beings were killed and 300 were wounded when the AMIA Jewish Community Center was bombed in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Whereas the United States welcomes Argentine President Fernando de la Rua's political will to pursue the investigation of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center to its ultimate conclusion; 2 Whereas circumstantial evidence attributes the attack to the terrorist group Hezbollah, based in Lebanon and sponsored by Iran; Whereas evidence indicates that this bombing could not have been carried out without local assistance from elements of the Argentine security forces some of which are reported to be sympathetic to anti-Semitic positions and to have participated in the desecration of Jewish cemeteries in recent years; Whereas additional evidence indicates that the tri-border area where Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil meet and which is known to be rife with terrorist activity as well as drug and arms smuggling was used to channel resources for the purpose of carrying out the bombing attack; Whereas the 6 years since the bombing have been marked by efforts to minimize the involvement of these Argentine security elements; Whereas Argentine officials have acknowledged that there was negligence in the initial phases of the investigation and that the institutional and political conditions must be created to advance the investigation of this terrorist attack; Whereas failure to duly punish the culprits of this act serves merely to reward these terrorists and help spread the scourge of terrorism throughout the Western Hemisphere; Whereas the democratic leaders of the Western Hemisphere issued mandates at the 1994 and 1998 Summits of the Americas that they condemn terrorism in all its forms and that they will, using all legal means, combat terrorist acts anywhere in the Americas with unity and vigor; |