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                                                  Union Calendar No. 30
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1690

                      [Report No. 118-46, Part I]

 To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration 
                  agreements, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2023

  Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, 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

                              May 5, 2023

    Additional sponsors: Mrs. Wagner, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Self, Mrs. 
Radewagen, Mr. Mills, Mr. Moran, Mr. Baird, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. 
 Mast, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Waltz, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Wilson of 
  South Carolina, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Barr, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. 
                    Issa, and Mr. Kean of New Jersey

                              May 5, 2023

    Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                              May 5, 2023

 Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               22, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration 
                  agreements, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Orderly Requirements Designed to 
Enforce and Regulate Latin American Migration Act'' or the ``ORDER 
Act''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WESTERN HEMISPHERE COOPERATION 
              ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM.

    It is the policy of the United States to enter into agreements, 
accords, and memoranda of understanding with sovereign countries in the 
Western Hemisphere, the purposes of which are to advance the interests 
of the United States by reducing costs associated with illegal 
immigration and to protect the human capital, societal traditions, and 
economic growth of other sovereign nations in the Western Hemisphere. 
It is further the policy of the United States to ensure that 
humanitarian and development assistance funding aimed at reducing 
illegal immigration is not expended on programs that have not proven to 
reduce illegal immigrant flows in the aggregate.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE.

    (a) Authorization to Negotiate.--The Secretary of State shall seek 
to negotiate agreements, accords, and memoranda of understanding 
between the United States, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
and other countries in the Western Hemisphere with respect to 
cooperation and burden sharing required for effective regional 
immigration enforcement, expediting legal claims by aliens for asylum, 
and the processing, detention, and repatriation of foreign nationals 
seeking to enter the United States unlawfully. Such agreements shall be 
designed to facilitate a regional approach to immigration enforcement 
and shall, at a minimum, provide that--
            (1) the Government of Mexico authorize and accept the rapid 
        entrance into Mexico of nationals of countries other than 
        Mexico who seek asylum in Mexico, and process the asylum claims 
        of such nationals inside Mexico, in accordance with both 
        domestic law and international treaties and conventions 
        governing the processing of asylum claims;
            (2) the Government of Mexico authorize and accept both the 
        rapid entrance into Mexico of all nationals of countries other 
        than Mexico who are ineligible for asylum in Mexico and wish to 
        apply for asylum in the United States, whether or not at a port 
        of entry, and the continued presence of such nationals in 
        Mexico while they wait for the adjudication of their asylum 
        claims to conclude in the United States;
            (3) the Government of Mexico commit to provide the 
        individuals described in paragraphs (1) and (2) with 
        appropriate humanitarian protections;
            (4) the Government of Honduras, the Government of El 
        Salvador, and the Government of Guatemala each authorize and 
        accept the entrance into the respective countries of nationals 
        of other countries seeking asylum in the applicable such 
        country and process such claims in accordance with applicable 
        domestic law and international treaties and conventions 
        governing the processing of asylum claims;
            (5) the Government of the United States commit to work to 
        accelerate the adjudication of asylum claims and to conclude 
        removal proceedings in the wake of asylum adjudications as 
        expeditiously as possible;
            (6) the Government of the United States commit to continue 
        to assist the governments of countries in the Western 
        Hemisphere, such as the Government of Honduras, the Government 
        of El Salvador, and the Government of Guatemala, by supporting 
        the enhancement of asylum capacity in those countries; and
            (7) the Government of the United States commit to 
        monitoring developments in hemispheric immigration trends and 
        regional asylum capabilities to determine whether additional 
        asylum cooperation agreements are warranted.
    (b) Notification in Accordance With Case-Zablocki Act.--The 
Secretary of State shall, in accordance with section 112b of title 1, 
United States Code, promptly inform the relevant congressional 
committees of each agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a). 
Such notifications shall be submitted not later than 48 hours after 
such agreements are signed.
    (c) Alien Defined.--In this section, the term ``alien'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).

SEC. 4. MANDATORY BRIEFINGS ON UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE 
              BORDER CRISIS.

    (a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 90 
days thereafter until the date described in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of State, or the designee of the Secretary of State, shall 
provide to the appropriate congressional committees an in-person 
briefing on efforts undertaken pursuant to the negotiation authority 
provided by section 3 to monitor, deter, and prevent illegal 
immigration to the United States, including by entering into 
agreements, accords, and memoranda of understanding with foreign 
countries and by using United States foreign assistance to stem the 
root causes of migration in the Western Hemisphere.
    (b) Termination of Mandatory Briefing.--The date described in this 
subsection is the date on which the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that illegal immigration flows have subsided to a manageable rate.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 30

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1690

                      [Report No. 118-46, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration 
                  agreements, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 5, 2023

    Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment

                              May 5, 2023

 Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed