3.0.0 853 2019-11-15T21:51:03Z 2019-11-15T21:51:03Z Senate S S 2005-04-20 109 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-20T17:46:28Z North American Cooperative Security Act 109 2672 HR 2005-06-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment. Related bill CRS 2005-04-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4024-4026) IntroReferral 2005-04-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4024) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2005-05-12 False M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2005-05-25 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2005-06-07 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-06-30 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2005-07-01 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-07-11 False International Affairs Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Air traffic Airspace (Law) Armed Forces and National Security Aviation agreements Belize Biological warfare Border patrols Boundaries Canada Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Customs administration Data banks Deportation Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Economic growth Embassies Emergency Management Energy Energy conservation Energy efficiency Energy supplies Explosives Export controls Fingerprints Firearms Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign exchange Foreign investments Foreign service Fraud Freight Gangs Guatemala Identification devices Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigration International cooperation Job creation Labor and Employment Latin America Law Mexicans Mexico Military agreements Money laundering Natural gas Negotiations North America Nuclear exports Nuclear facilities Nuclear power plants Nuclear security measures Nuclear terrorism Panama Passports Petroleum industry Petroleum refineries Public-private partnerships Repatriation Right of asylum Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Security measures Smuggling Social Welfare Standards Tariff Technical assistance Technological innovations Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Violence Visas International Affairs 00 2005-04-20 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-25T18:43:31Z North American Cooperative Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to provide a framework for enhanced security management, communication, and coordination among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) negotiate border-related information sharing agreements with Mexico; (2) establish a program to improve Mexico's southern border security, including U.S., Canadian, and Mexican financial and technical assistance to Belize and Guatemala to help secure their borders; (3) establish a database to track Central American gangs; (4) examine the feasibility of an agreement with Panama and other Central American countries regarding the aerial interdiction program (Airbridge Denial); and (5) negotiate with other countries to accept the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 9 one-time travel document in lieu of official travel documents if an inadmissible immigrant has not presented official travel documents or has presented fraudulent ones, and facilitate the removal and repatriation of inadmissible aliens from the United States, with a focus on criminal aliens who are dangerous or potential terrorists.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to examine the feasibility of strengthening institutions for consultations on intelligence sharing and defense and border issues among the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees every six months regarding: (1) security, cargo security, and the movement of goods; (2) border infrastructure and wait times; (3) security clearances and document integrity; (4) immigration and visa management; (5) visa policy coordination and immigration security; (6) North American visitor overstay program; (7) terrorist watch lists; (8) money laundering, income tax evasion, currency smuggling, and alien smuggling; (9) counterterrorism programs; (10) law enforcement cooperation; (11) biosecurity cooperation; (12) protection against nuclear and radiological threats; (13) emergency management cooperation; (14) cooperative energy policy; and (15) feasibility of a common external tariff and development assistance with Mexico.

]]> North American Cooperative Security Act Short Titles as Introduced North American Cooperative Security Act Display Title North American Cooperative Security Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of State to establish a program to bolster the mutual security and safety of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s853is/xml/BILLS-109s853is.xml 2005-04-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4024-4026) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.