[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3235 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3235

To reduce the amount of financial assistance provided to the Government 
of Mexico in response to the illegal border crossings from Mexico into 
 the United States, which serve to dissipate the political discontent 
            with the higher unemployment rate within Mexico.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2008

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce the amount of financial assistance provided to the Government 
of Mexico in response to the illegal border crossings from Mexico into 
 the United States, which serve to dissipate the political discontent 
            with the higher unemployment rate within Mexico.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BORDER CROSSING ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) Estimation of Annual Illegal Border Crossings.--Not later than 
30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall estimate 
the number of illegal border crossings that occurred during such fiscal 
year along the southern land border of the United States.
    (b) Reduction of Foreign Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2), 
        the Secretary of State, shall proportionately reduce the amount 
        of financial assistance provided to the Government of Mexico 
        for each fiscal year by a total of $1,000 for each illegal 
        border crossing from Mexico to the United States during the 
        previous fiscal year.
            (2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary of State may decide not to reduce the amounts 
        appropriated for the Government of Mexico from the 
        International Military Education and Training Fund, the 
        International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Fund, and 
        the fund to carry out nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 
        demining, and related programs and activities.
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