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      "id": 105333,
      "date": "1999-03-04",
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      "title": "Mexico and Drug Certification in 1999: Consequences of Decertification",
      "summary": "President Clinton certified, on February 26, 1999, that Mexico was fully cooperative in counter-\nnarcotics efforts with the United States, setting in motion a 30-calendar-day period in which the\nCongress may review the President's decision. In recent years, congressional resolutions were\nadvanced but not enacted to disapprove the President's certifications after President Clinton certified\nMexico as a fully cooperative country. This report summarizes the drug certification procedures and\nindicates the types of U.S. assistance that would be suspended or exempted if Mexico were to be\ndecertified.\n Under Sections 489-490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the President is\nrequired to certify that a country has fully cooperated with U.S. counter-narcotics efforts to avoid\nsanctions, including the suspension of certain U.S. assistance, and the requirement that U.S.\nRepresentatives vote against loans for the country in multilateral development banks. The sanctions\nwould also apply if the Congress, within 30 calendar days, passes a congressional resolution\ndisapproving any presidential certification. However, any such congressional resolution would have\nto be presented to the President and would be subject to veto. Moreover, as indicated below, some\ntypes of assistance are exempted from suspension, and the President has special authorities to waive\nsanctions.\n With regard to bilateral assistance, the Clinton Administration is planning to provide $29.85\nMillion in standard foreign assistance and Department of Defense counter-drug assistance to Mexico\nin FY1999, including $15.9 million in anti-drug assistance, and $13.95 million in economic\nassistance programs. Because of exclusions for narcotics control assistance and certain economic\nassistance programs (some of which require notification to Congress), from $13.50 million to $28.85\nMillion of this assistance could be excluded from suspension if Mexico were decertified. Mexico\nmay also receive other types of U.S. military and export assistance in FY1999, including Export-\nImport Bank financing, which is dependent upon sales and agreements. Export-Import Bank\nfinancing of up to $2 billion per year is the major category of all types of assistance which would be\nsuspended in the event of decertification. Since such assistance was developed to finance and\nguarantee the sale of U.S. products, these suspensions would be harmful to U.S. exporters and sellers\nas well as to Mexican buyers.\n  With regard to multilateral development bank lending, decertification would require the United\nStates to vote against pending World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank loans for Mexico,\namounting together to over $5 billion, but such votes might not affect lending levels significantly\nbecause the United States share of the vote is not sufficient to block approval of loans.",
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  "topics": [
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Latin American Affairs"
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