S.Amdt. 464

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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