[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3239 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3239

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2009

  Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona (for herself and Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON MERIDA INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a 
report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the following:
            (1) Enhancing border security.
            (2) Reducing the potential for border violence.
            (3) Preventing the illicit flow of arms and bulk cash 
        across the border between the United States and Mexico.
    (b) Merida Initiative Defined.--In this section, the term ``Merida 
Initiative'' means 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.
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