[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 133 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                      January 15, 2020.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
133) entitled ``An Act to promote economic partnership and cooperation 
between the United States and Mexico.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Mexico Economic 
Partnership Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States and Mexico have benefitted from a 
        bilateral, mutually beneficial partnership focused on advancing 
        the economic interests of both countries.
            (2) In 2013, Mexico adopted major energy reforms that 
        opened its energy sector to private investment, increasing 
        energy cooperation between Mexico and the United States and 
        opening new opportunities for United States energy engagement.
            (3) On January 18, 2018, the Principal Deputy Assistant 
        Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs at the 
        Department of State stated, ``Our exchange programs build 
        enduring relationships and networks to advance U.S. national 
        interests and foreign policy goals . . . The role of our 
        exchanges . . . in advancing U.S. national security and 
        economic interests enjoys broad bipartisan support from 
        Congress and other stakeholders, and provides a strong return 
        on investment.''.
            (4) According to the Institute of International Education, 
        in the 2015-2016 academic year, more than 56,000 United States 
        students studied in other countries in the Western Hemisphere 
        region while more than 84,000 non-United States students from 
        the region studied in the United States, but only 5,000 of 
        those United States students studied in Mexico and only 16,000 
        of those non-United States students were from Mexico.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to continue deepening economic cooperation between the 
        United States and Mexico;
            (2) to seek to prioritize and expand educational and 
        professional exchange programs with Mexico, including through 
        frameworks such as the 100,000 Strong in the Americas 
        Initiative, the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative, 
        Jovenes en Accion (Youth in Action), the Fulbright Foreign 
        Student Program, and the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program; 
        and
            (3) to promote positive cross-border relations as a 
        priority for advancing United States foreign policy and 
        programs.

SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPAND EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL 
              EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall develop a strategy to 
carry out the policy described in section 3, to include prioritizing 
and expanding educational and professional exchange programs with 
Mexico through frameworks such as those referred to in section 3(2).
    (b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) encourage more academic exchanges between the United 
        States and Mexico at the secondary, post-secondary, and post-
        graduate levels;
            (2) encourage United States and Mexican academic 
        institutions and businesses to collaborate to assist 
        prospective and developing entrepreneurs in strengthening their 
        business skills and promoting cooperation and joint business 
        initiatives across the United States and Mexico;
            (3) promote energy infrastructure coordination and 
        cooperation through support of vocational-level education, 
        internships, and exchanges between the United States and 
        Mexico; and
            (4) assess the feasibility of fostering partnerships 
        between universities in the United States and medical school 
        and nursing programs in Mexico to ensure that medical school 
        and nursing programs in Mexico have comparable accreditation 
        standards as medical school and nursing programs in the United 
        States by the Accreditation and Standards in Foreign Medical 
        Education, in addition to the Accreditation Commission For 
        Education in Nursing, so that medical students can pass medical 
        licensing board exams, and nursing students can pass nursing 
        licensing exams, in the United States.
    (c) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the 
appropriate congressional committees regarding the strategy required 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives.

SEC. 6. SUNSET PROVISION.

    This Act shall remain in effect until December 31, 2023.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                H.R. 133

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