A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress in support of the provision of disaster assistance for the victims of the earthquake in Mexico on September 19, 1985.

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Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President, if the Government of Mexico requests such assistance, should: (1) use existing funds available to the Department of State and the Agency for International Development, including the "borrowing" authority under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to provide disaster relief for the victims of the earthquake in Mexico on September 19, 1985; and (2) submit a request to the Congress for the authorization and appropriation of such additional disaster assistance as may be necessary. Declares that the Congress will give expeditious consideration to any such request for disaster assistance to Mexico.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 September 1985

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