S.Amdt. 4045

1. Adds SEC. __. ADDRESSING POVERTY IN MEXICO wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. ADDRESSING POVERTY IN MEXICO.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) There is a strong correlation between economic freedom and economic prosperity.

   Inserted: (2) Trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and informal market activity are key factors in economic freedom.

   Inserted: (3) Poverty in Mexico, including rural poverty, can be mitigated through strengthened economic freedom within Mexico.

   Inserted: (4) Strengthened economic freedom in Mexico can be a major influence in mitigating illegal immigration.

   Inserted: (5) Advancing economic freedom within Mexico is an important part of any comprehensive plan to understanding the sources of poverty and the path to economic prosperity.

   Inserted: (b) Grant Authorized.--The Secretary of State may award a grant to a land grant university in the United States to establish a national program for a broad, university-based Mexican rural poverty mitigation program.

   Inserted: (c) Functions of Mexican Rural Poverty Mitigation Program.--The program established pursuant to subsection (b) shall--

   Inserted: (1) match a land grant university in the United States with the lead Mexican public university in each of Mexico's 31 states to provide state-level coordination of rural poverty programs in Mexico;

   Inserted: (2) establish relationships and coordinate programmatic ties between universities in the United States and universities in Mexico to address the issue of rural poverty in Mexico;

   Inserted: (3) establish and coordinate relationships with key leaders in the United States and Mexico to explore the effect of rural poverty on illegal immigration of Mexicans into the United States; and

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   Inserted: (4) address immigration and border security concerns through a university-based, binational approach for long-term institutional change.

   Inserted: (d) Use of Funds.--

   Inserted: (1) Authorized uses.--Grant funds awarded under this section may be used--

   Inserted: (A) for education, training, technical assistance, and any related expenses (including personnel and equipment) incurred by the grantee in implementing a program described in subsection (a); and

   Inserted: (B) to establish an administrative structure for such program in the United States.

   Inserted: (2) Limitations.--Grant funds awarded under this section may not be used for activities, responsibilities, or related costs incurred by entities in Mexico.

   Inserted: (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this section.

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