[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3504-S3505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 464. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. 
Cruz) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1290. SECURITY PROMOTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Central America Security Partnership Act of 2019''.
       (b) Special Envoy for Central America.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
     President shall appoint a Special Envoy for Central America. 
     The Special Envoy shall serve for one three-year term.
       (c) Strategy.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 210 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this section, the Special Envoy, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 
     National Intelligence, the Attorney General, and the Director 
     of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to--
       (A) reduce the flow of narcotics into the United States and 
     combat the influence of Transnational Criminal Organizations 
     through law enforcement and cooperation with international 
     partners;
       (B) strengthen democratic institutions, rule of law, anti-
     corruption, and human rights efforts in Central America; and
       (C) curtail unauthorized immigration to the United States 
     by addressing the root causes of migration in Central 
     America.
       (2) Activities.--The strategy developed under this 
     subsection shall include the following activities:
       (A) Support anti-corruption efforts that strengthen the 
     capacities of law enforcement, the justice sector, and 
     financial institutions.
       (B) Establish and reinforce regional counternarcotics 
     trafficking initiatives to interdict the flow of narcotics, 
     including fentanyl and fentanyl precursors and analogs, to 
     the United States.
       (C) Establish a multilateral Commission against Illicit 
     Opioids and International Organized Crime among the United 
     States, Mexico, Central American, and South American 
     countries to regularly review results of enhanced law 
     enforcement and justice cooperation.
       (D) Create a regional commission for the Northern Triangle 
     to coordinate anti-corruption initiatives that strengthen 
     domestic institutions and provide technical assistance to 
     local prosecutors.
       (E) Support Federal, local, and community-based crime and 
     violence prevention efforts.
       (F) Assess port security and opportunities to promote trade 
     through enhanced partnership, leadership training, technology 
     modernization, and trusted trader programs.
       (G) Establish and reinforce reintegration programs for 
     repatriated persons that reduce the likelihood for repeated 
     migration to the United States.
       (H) Develop a market-based approach to investment and 
     development that identifies opportunities for private 
     investment and roles for the United States International 
     Development Finance Corporation, the Millennium Challenge 
     Corporation, and the United States Agency for International 
     Development.
       (I) Promote the establishment and supervision of effective 
     tax collection and enforcement systems.
       (J) Identify opportunities for regional and international 
     partnerships.
       (K) Provide a comprehensive assessment of the current 
     sanctions regime and make recommendations for the most 
     efficient use of sanctions to deter corruption, insecurity, 
     and the key drivers of migration.
       (L) Assess the resources necessary to promote the strategy.
       (M) Provide legislative recommendations necessary to 
     achieve the strategy.
       (d) Report.--At the same time as the Special Envoy submits 
     the strategy required under subsection (c), the Special Envoy 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional

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     committees a comprehensive report on current United States-
     funded Central American aid programs. The report shall--
       (1) identify all United States-funded Central American aid 
     programs;
       (2) consider whether each program is consistent with the 
     strategy;
       (3) provide measurable outcomes on progress made by 
     existing programs; and
       (4) recommend whether each program should be maintained, 
     modified, or eliminated.
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, 
     the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Finance, the 
     Committee on Appropriations, and the Caucus on International 
     Narcotics Control of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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