To provide that a certification of the cooperation of Mexico with United States counterdrug efforts not be required in fiscal year 2001 for the limitation on assistance for Mexico under section 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 not to go into effect in that fiscal year.

Provides that the certification of cooperation of Mexico with U.S. counterdrug efforts shall not be required in FY 2001 in order that certain limitations on bilateral and multilateral development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to Mexico in FY 2001.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5155 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5155

   To provide that a certification of the cooperation of Mexico with 
 United States counterdrug efforts not be required in fiscal year 2001 
 for the limitation on assistance for Mexico under section 490 of the 
  Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 not to go into effect in that fiscal 
                                 year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2000

 Mr. Kolbe (for himself and Mr. Dreier) introduced the following bill; 
     which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that a certification of the cooperation of Mexico with 
 United States counterdrug efforts not be required in fiscal year 2001 
 for the limitation on assistance for Mexico under section 490 of the 
  Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 not to go into effect in that fiscal 
                                 year.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COUNTERDRUG COOPERATION CERTIFICATION UNDER FOREIGN 
              ASSISTANCE OF 1961 NOT REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO MEXICO IN 
              FISCAL YEAR 2001.

    Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 
490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j), no 
certification shall be required under subsection (b) of that section 
with respect to Mexico in fiscal year 2001 in order that the 
limitations on bilateral assistance and multilateral assistance under 
subsection (a) of that section not apply to Mexico in fiscal year 2001.
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