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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]</fullName>
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        <pubDate>2009-11-23T06:00:00Z</pubDate>
        <title>H.R. 3239, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other purposes</title>
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        <description>&lt;p&gt;Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 17, 2009&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <title>H.R. 3239, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other purposes</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress regarding the Merida Initiative's effects on: (1) border security; (2) border violence; (3) the illicit flow of arms, bulk cash, human trafficking and smuggling, and illegal narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border; and (4) cooperation between DHS officials and agencies and their foreign counterparts participating in the Merida Initiative. </p> <p>Defines &quot;Merida Initiative&quot; as the program announced by the United States and Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics trafficking and criminal organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.</p>]]></text>
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