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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 19, 2000 114 STAT. 3201 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390bb) has discharged its obligation to repay the construction cost of project facilities used to make irrigation water available for delivery to land in the district; "(2) serve as the basis for reinstating acreage limitation provisions in a district that has completed payment of its construction obligations; or "(3) serve as the basis for increasing the construction repay- ment obligation of the district and thereby extending the period during which the acreage limitation provisions will apply.". Agreed to October 18, 2000. UNITED STATES CITIZENS INJURED IN MEXICO— Oct. i9, 2000 SAFETY PROCEDURES [H. con. Res. 232] Whereas hundreds of United States citizens travel by automobile to Mexico every day; Whereas United States automobile insurance is not valid in Mexico and travellers may purchase additional insurance to cover potential liability or injury while in Mexico; Whereas in cases where additional insurance is not purchased and a United States citizen is involved in an automobile accident, the American will be subject to a bond requirement before being permitted to return to the United States; and Whereas in a recent incident, a United States citizen injured in an automobile accident in Mexico was not transferred to a United States hospital for 18 hours, even after medical personnel in Mexico recommended his immediate transfer to the United States for emergency treatment, until the family posted the bond set by Mexican authorities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that, in order to protect the safety and well-being of United States citizens travelling in Mexico, the President should continue to negotiate with the Government of Mexico to establish procedures, including a humanitarian exemption to Mexican bond requirements, to ensure the expedited return of United States citizens injured in Mexico to the United States for medical treatment, if necessary. Agreed to October 19, 2000. LIBERTY DAY—OBSERVANCE Oct. 19, 2000 Whereas our rights and liberties are rooted in the cherished documents that gave birth to our nation, those being the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution with its Bill of Rights; Whereas the patriot James Madison, fourth President of the United States, was the major author of the Virginia Plan, the model and the basis for that United States Constitution that emerged from the Constitutional Convention in 1787; [H. Con. Res. 376]

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