An amendment numbered 36 printed in part B of House Report 109-175 to urge the President and Secretary of State to boost efforts that would aid Mexican authorities in their struggle to pinpoint the identities of yet unidentified remains of murdered young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

1. Adds SEC. 947. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY UNKNOWN VICTIMS WHO WERE ABDUCTED AND MURDERED IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO on page 241, line 21

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   Inserted: SEC. 947. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY UNKNOWN VICTIMS WHO WERE ABDUCTED AND MURDERED IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO.

   Inserted: (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.

   Inserted: (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.

   Inserted: (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).

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