President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.
October 27, 1986.
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Full text of Title VIII of P.L. 99-570 "Tariff Treatment of Products of Uncooperative Major Drug Producing or Drug-transit Countries", also known as the "Narcotics Control Trade Act."

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The Certification Process. Fact Sheet released by the U.S. Department of State.
[modified | current version]. January 2003.
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[original | archived version]. November 1999.
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It provides background information on the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR).

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Drug Certification Requirements and Proposed Congressional Modifications in 2001. K. Larry Storrs, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs. RL30892. Updated November 6, 2001.
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This report provides (1) a brief summary of the existing drug certification requirements for drug producing and drug-transit countries; (2) background on the experience, criticisms, and reform efforts under these provisions; (3) a summary of early congressional options and proposals advanced in 2001, with possible advantages and disadvantages; (4) a summary of later initiatives with legislative activity; and (5) a tracking of legislative action on the major initiatives.

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002.
January 10, 2002.
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Full text of Public Law 107-115.

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003.
September 30, 2002.
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Full text of Public Law 107-228

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Legislative Basis for the INCSR. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009. Released by the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Washington, D.C.
February 27, 2009.
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It explains in detail the different sections of the U.S. legislation that deal with the INCSR as well as the 1988 UN Drug Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances http://www.unodc.org/pdf/convention_1988_en.pdf

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Mexican Drug Certification Issues: U.S. Congressional Action, 1986-2002. K. Larry Storrs, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs. 98-174 F.
Updated October 22, 2002.
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This report summarizes U.S. congressional action relating to Mexican drug control and drug certification issues from 1986 to 2002. It explains the development and the procedures of the drug certification requirements in the mid-1980s and the steps taken in the initial years following enactment of the bill. It provides detailed information about congressional action in the more recent years, from 1996 to 2002, including the temporary modification of the requirements in 2001 and the permanent modification of the procedures in 2002.

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Mexico’s Counter-Narcotics Efforts under Fox, December 2000 to October 2004. K. Larry Storrs, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs. RL32669.
November 10, 2004.
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This report provides information on Mexico’s counter-narcotics efforts during the first four years of the presidency of Vicente Fox. Special emphasis is placed on calendar year 2003, covered by the State Department’s March 2004 report on international narcotics control, and the first six months of 2004, covered in President Fox’s September 2004 “State of the Nation” report.

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Mexico’s Counter-Narcotics Efforts under Zedillo and Fox, December 1994-March 2001. K. Larry Storrs, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs. RL30886.
Updated March 30, 2001.
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This report provides information on Mexico’s counter-narcotics efforts during the six year presidency of Ernesto Zedillo (December 1, 1994 to December 1, 2000) and a short period of the presidency of Vicente Fox (December 1, 2000, to March 1, 2001), with special emphasis on calendar year 2000, covered by the State Department’s report on international narcotics control.

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Mexico's Drug Related Violence. June S. Beittel, CRS Analyst in Latin American Affairs. R40582.
May 27, 2009.
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In recent years, drug trafficking violence in Mexico has claimed thousands of lives and reached a level of intensity and ferocity that has exceeded previous periods of drug-related violence. The government’s intensified campaign against the drug trafficking organizations resulted in changes in the structure of these criminal organizations.

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress. Clare Ribando Seelke, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs. RL32724.
June 3, 2010.
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The United States and Mexico have a close and complex bilateral relationship, with extensive economic linkages as neighbors and partners under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). U.S.-Mexican relations are characterized by strong commercial and cultural ties and cooperation on a range of bilateral and international issues. In recent years, security issues have dominated the bilateral agenda, as the United States has supported Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s campaign against drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). Immigration and border security have also returned to the forefront of the bilateral agenda since Arizona enacted a controversial state law against illegal immigration (SB 1070).

President Barack Obama. Excerpts from “The American Moment”, Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: the Mérida Initiative and Beyond. Clare Ribando Seelke, CRS Specialist in Latin American Affairs, and Kristin M. Finklea, Analyst in Domestic Security. R41349.
July 29, 2010.
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In recent years, U.S.-Mexican security cooperation has increased significantly, largely as a result of the development and implementation of the Mérida Initiative, a counterdrug and anticrime assistance package for Mexico and Central America that was first proposed in October 2007.