HRES 258
111th Congress
House
International Affairs
Congressional tributes
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Organized crime
Rule of law and government transparency
Violent crime
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding drug trafficking in Mexico.
Introduced: March 18, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 18, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Mexico is a key strategic partner of the United States; (2) increasing violence and criminality of drug trafficking organizations threaten the people of the United States and Mexico and is a "cross-border" problem requiring close U.S.-Mexico cooperation; (3) efforts by President Felipe Calderón and his government and the people of Mexico to confront the drug trafficking organizations should be supported; and (4) the U.S. government should employ its diplomatic and law enforcement resources, in partnership with the government of Mexico and governments throughout the Americas, to defeat drug-related criminal enterprises.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1