Yes. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 36 offered by Mr. Lantos: Page 241, after line 21, add the following new section: SEC. 947. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY UNKNOWN VICTIMS WHO WERE ABDUCTED AND MURDERED IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO. (a) Statement of Congress.--Congress urges the President and Secretary of State to incorporate the investigative and preventative efforts of the Government of Mexico in the bilateral agenda between the Government of Mexico and the Government of the United States and to continue to express concern to the Government of Mexico over the abductions and murders of young women since 1993 in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. (b) Training and Assistance.--The Secretary of State is authorized to provide training and assistance to identify unknown victims who were murdered in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez through forensic analysis, including DNA testing, conducted by independent, impartial experts who are sensitive to the special needs and concerns of the victims' families, as well as efforts to make these services available to any families who have doubts about the results of prior forensic testing. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $500,000 for fiscal year 2006 to carry out subsection (b). The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 365, the gentleman from California (Mr.…
Tom Lantos: “Yes. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No.…”
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