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Calendar No. 49 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 841 

To authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to enhance the United 

States-Caribbean security partnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2023 

Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

MAY 4, 2023 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to enhance the United States-Caribbean security partnership, 

to prioritize natural disaster resilience, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caribbean Basin Secu3 rity Initiative Authorization Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

10 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

11 Senate; and 

12 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

13 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

14 of Representatives. 

15 (2) BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘beneficiary 

17 countries’’ means— 

18 (i) Antigua and Barbuda; 

19 (ii) the Bahamas; 

20 (iii) Barbados; 

21 (iv) Dominica; 

22 (v) the Dominican Republic; 

23 (vi) Grenada; 

24 (vii) Guyana; 

25 (viii) Jamaica; 

26 (ix) Saint Lucia; 


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1 (x) Saint Kitts and Nevis,; 

2 (xi) Saint Vincent and the Grena3 dines; 

4 (xii) Suriname; and 

5 (xiii) Trinidad and Tobago; and 

6 (B) UPDATES.—The President or the Sec7 retary of State may add or remove one or more 

8 countries from the list under subparagraph (A) 

9 upon written notification to the appropriate 

10 congressional committees. 

11 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CARIBBEAN BASIN SECU12 RITY INITIATIVE. 

13 (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CARIBBEAN BASIN SE14 CURITY INITIATIVE.—The Secretary of State and the Ad15 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

16 Development may carry out an initiative, to be known as 

17 the ‘‘Caribbean Basin Security Initiative’’, in beneficiary 

18 countries to achieve the purposes described in subsection 

19 (b). 

20 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in this sub21 section are the following: 

22 (1) To promote citizen safety, security, and the 

23 rule of law in the Caribbean through increased stra24 tegic engagement with— 


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1 (A) the governments of beneficiary coun2 tries; and 

3 (B) elements of local civil society, including 

4 the private sector, in such countries. 

5 (2) To counter transnational criminal organiza6 tions and local gangs in beneficiary countries, in7 cluding through— 

8 (A) maritime and aerial security coopera9 tion, including— 

10 (i) assistance to strengthen capabili11 ties of maritime and aerial interdiction op12 erations in the Caribbean; and 

13 (ii) the provision of support systems 

14 and equipment, training, and maintenance; 

15 (B) cooperation on border and port secu16 rity, including support to strengthen capacity 

17 for screening and intercepting narcotics, weap18 ons, bulk cash, and other contraband at air19 ports and seaports; and 

20 (C) capacity building and the provision of 

21 equipment and support for operations tar22 geting— 

23 (i) the finances and illegal activities of 

24 such organizations and gangs; and 


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1 (ii) the recruitment by such organiza2 tions and gangs of at-risk youth. 

3 (3) To advance law enforcement and justice sec4 tor capacity building and rule of law initiatives in 

5 beneficiary countries, including by— 

6 (A) strengthening special prosecutorial of7 fices and providing technical assistance— 

8 (i) to combat corruption, money laun9 dering, human, firearms, and wildlife traf10 ficking, financial crimes, extortion, and 

11 human rights crimes; and 

12 (ii) to conduct asset forfeitures and 

13 criminal analysis; 

14 (B) supporting training for civilian police 

15 and appropriate security services in criminal in16 vestigations, best practices for citizen security, 

17 and the protection of human rights; 

18 (C) supporting capacity building for law 

19 enforcement and military units, including 

20 professionalization, anti-corruption and human 

21 rights training, vetting, and community-based 

22 policing; 

23 (D) supporting justice sector reform and 

24 strengthening of the rule of law, including— 


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1 (i) capacity building for prosecutors, 

2 judges, and other justice officials; and 

3 (ii) support to increase the efficacy of 

4 criminal courts; and 

5 (E) strengthening cybersecurity and 

6 cybercrime cooperation, including capacity 

7 building and support for cybersecurity systems. 

8 (4) To promote crime prevention efforts in ben9 eficiary countries, particularly among at-risk-youth 

10 and other vulnerable populations, including 

11 through— 

12 (A) improving community and law enforce13 ment cooperation to improve the effectiveness 

14 and professionalism of police and increase mu15 tual trust; 

16 (B) increasing economic opportunities for 

17 at-risk youth and vulnerable populations, in18 cluding through workforce development training 

19 and remedial education programs for at-risk 

20 youth; 

21 (C) improving juvenile justice sectors 

22 through regulatory reforms, separating youth 

23 from traditional prison systems, and improving 

24 support and services in juvenile detention cen25 ters; and 


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1 (D) the provision of assistance to popu2 lations vulnerable to being victims of extortion 

3 and crime by criminal networks. 

4 (5) To strengthen the ability of the security 

5 sector in beneficiary countries to respond to and be6 come more resilient in the face of natural disasters, 

7 including by— 

8 (A) carrying out training exercises to en9 sure critical infrastructure and ports are able to 

10 come back online rapidly following natural dis11 asters; and 

12 (B) providing preparedness training to po13 lice and first responders. 

14 (6) To prioritize efforts to combat corruption 

15 and include anti-corruption components in programs 

16 in beneficiary countries, including by— 

17 (A) building the capacity of national jus18 tice systems and attorneys general to prosecute 

19 and try acts of corruption; 

20 (B) provide technical and financial assist21 ance to independent media and investigative re22 porting; 

23 (C) increasing the capacity of national law 

24 enforcement services to carry out anti-corrup25 tion investigations; and 


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1 (D) encouraging cooperative agreements 

2 among the Department of State, other relevant 

3 Federal departments and agencies, and the at4 torneys general of relevant countries. 

5 (7) To promote the rule of law in beneficiary 

6 countries and counter malign influence from authori7 tarian regimes, including China, Russia, Iran, Ven8 ezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, by— 

9 (A) monitoring security assistance from 

10 such authoritarian regimes and taking steps 

11 necessary to ensure that such assistance does 

12 not undermine or jeopardize United States se13 curity assistance; 

14 (B) evaluating and, as appropriate, re15 stricting the involvement of the United States 

16 in investment and infrastructure projects fi17 nanced by authoritarian regimes that might ob18 struct or otherwise impact United States secu19 rity assistance to beneficiary countries; 

20 (C) monitoring and restricting equipment 

21 and support from high-risk vendors of tele22 communications infrastructure in beneficiary 

23 countries; 


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1 (D) countering disinformation by pro2 moting transparency and accountability from 

3 beneficiary countries; and 

4 (E) eliminating corruption linked to invest5 ment and infrastructure facilitated by authori6 tarian regimes through support for investment 

7 screening, competitive tendering and bidding 

8 processes, the implementation of investment 

9 law, and contractual transparency. 

10 (8) To support the effective branding and mes11 saging of United States security assistance and co12 operation in beneficiary countries, including by de13 veloping and implementing a public diplomacy strat14 egy for informing citizens of beneficiary countries 

15 about the benefits to their respective countries of 

16 United States security assistance and cooperation 

17 programs. 

18 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State 

20 and the United States Agency for International Develop21 ment $74,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 

22 2027 to carry out the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative 

23 to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

4 in coordination with the Administrator of the United 

5 States Agency for International Development, shall submit 

6 to the appropriate congressional committees an implemen7 tation plan that includes a timeline and stated objectives 

8 for actions to be taken in beneficiary countries with re9 spect to the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The implementation plan required 

11 by subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 

12 (1) A multi-year strategy with a timeline, over13 view of objectives, and anticipated outcomes for the 

14 region and for each beneficiary country, with respect 

15 to each purpose described in section 3. 

16 (2) Specific, measurable benchmarks to track 

17 the progress of the Caribbean Basin Security Initia18 tive toward accomplishing the outcomes included 

19 under paragraph (1). 

20 (3) A plan for the delineation of the roles to be 

21 carried out by the Department of State, the United 

22 States Agency for International Development, the 

23 Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, 

24 and any other Federal department or agency in car25 rying out the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to 


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1 prevent overlap and unintended competition between 

2 activities and resources. 

3 (4) A plan to coordinate and track all activities 

4 carried out under the Caribbean Basin Security Ini5 tiative among all relevant Federal departments and 

6 agencies, in accordance with the publication require7 ments described in section 4 of the Foreign Aid 

8 Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (22 

9 U.S.C. 2394c). 

10 (5) A description of the process for co-locating 

11 projects of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative 

12 funded by the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development and the Bureau of Inter14 national Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of 

15 the Department of State to ensure that crime pre16 vention funding and enforcement funding are used 

17 in the same localities as necessary. 

18 (6) An assessment of steps taken, as of the 

19 date on which the plan is submitted, to increase re20 gional coordination and collaboration between the 

21 law enforcement agencies of beneficiary countries 

22 and the Haitian National Police, and a framework 

23 with benchmarks for increasing such coordination 

24 and collaboration, in order to address the urgent se25 curity crisis in Haiti. 


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1 (c) ANNUAL PROGRESS UPDATE.—Not later than 1 

2 year after the date on which the implementation plan re3 quired by subsection (a) is submitted, and annually there4 after, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ad5 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

6 Development, shall submit to the appropriate congres7 sional committees a written description of results achieved 

8 through the Caribbean Basin Security Imitative, including 

9 with respect to— 

10 (1) the implementation of the strategy and 

11 plans described in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of 

12 subsection (b); 

13 (2) compliance with, and progress related to, 

14 meeting the benchmarks described in paragraph (2) 

15 of subsection (b); and 

16 (3) funding statistics for the Caribbean Basin 

17 Security Initiative for the preceding year, 

18 disaggregated by country. 

19 SEC. 5. PROGRAMS AND STRATEGY TO INCREASE NATURAL 

20 DISASTER RESPONSE AND RESILIENCE. 

21 (a) PROGRAMS.—During the 5-year period beginning 

22 on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

23 of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

24 United States Agency for International Development, the 

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1 ican Foundation, and the Chief Executive Officer of the 

2 United States International Development Finance Cor3 poration, shall promote natural disaster response and re4 silience in beneficiary countries by carrying out programs 

5 for the following purposes: 

6 (1) Encouraging coordination between bene7 ficiary countries and relevant Federal departments 

8 and agencies to provide expertise and information 

9 sharing. 

10 (2) Supporting the sharing of best practices on 

11 natural disaster resilience, including on constructing 

12 resilient infrastructure and rebuilding after natural 

13 disasters. 

14 (3) Improving rapid-response mechanisms and 

15 cross-government organizational preparedness for 

16 natural disasters. 

17 (b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

19 in coordination with the Administrator of the United 

20 States Agency for International Development and in con21 sultation with the President and Chief Economic Officer 

22 of the Inter-American Foundation, the Chief Executive 

23 Officer of the United States International Development 

24 Finance Corporation, and nongovernmental organizations 

25 in beneficiary countries and in the United States, shall 


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1 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

2 strategy that incorporates specific, measurable bench3 marks— 

4 (1) to achieve the purposes described in sub5 section (a); and 

6 (2) to inform citizens of beneficiary countries 

7 about the extent and benefits of United States as8 sistance to such countries. 

9 (c) ANNUAL PROGRESS UPDATE.—Not later than 1 

10 year after the date on which the strategy required by sub11 section (b) is submitted, and annually thereafter, the Sec12 retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 

13 the United States Agency for International Development, 

14 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

15 a written description of the progress made as of the date 

16 of such submission in meeting the benchmarks included 

17 in the strategy. 

18 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caribbean Basin Secu20 rity Initiative Authorization Act’’. 

21 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act: 

23 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT24 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit25 tees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

2 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

3 Senate; and 

4 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

5 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

6 Representatives. 

7 (2) BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘beneficiary 

9 countries’’ means— 

10 (i) Antigua and Barbuda; 

11 (ii) the Bahamas; 

12 (iii) Barbados; 

13 (iv) Dominica; 

14 (v) the Dominican Republic; 

15 (vi) Grenada; 

16 (vii) Guyana; 

17 (viii) Jamaica; 

18 (ix) Saint Lucia; 

19 (x) Saint Kitts and Nevis,; 

20 (xi) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 

21 (xii) Suriname; and 

22 (xiii) Trinidad and Tobago. 

23 (B) UPDATES.—The President or the Sec24 retary of State may add or remove one or more 

25 countries from the list under subparagraph (A) 


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1 upon written notification to the appropriate con2 gressional committees. 

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CARIBBEAN BASIN SECU4 RITY INITIATIVE. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CARIBBEAN BASIN SE6 CURITY INITIATIVE.—The Secretary of State and the Ad7 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

8 Development may carry out an initiative, to be known as 

9 the ‘‘Caribbean Basin Security Initiative’’, in beneficiary 

10 countries to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b). 

11 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in this sub12 section are the following: 

13 (1) To promote citizen safety, security, and the 

14 rule of law in the Caribbean through increased stra15 tegic engagement with— 

16 (A) the governments of beneficiary coun17 tries; and 

18 (B) elements of local civil society, including 

19 the private sector, in such countries. 

20 (2) To counter transnational criminal organiza21 tions and local gangs in beneficiary countries, includ22 ing through— 

23 (A) maritime and aerial security coopera24 tion, including— 


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1 (i) assistance to strengthen capabilities 

2 of maritime and aerial interdiction oper3 ations in the Caribbean; and 

4 (ii) the provision of support systems 

5 and equipment, training, and maintenance; 

6 (B) cooperation on border and port secu7 rity, including support to strengthen capacity 

8 for screening and intercepting narcotics, weap9 ons, bulk cash, and other contraband at airports 

10 and seaports; and 

11 (C) capacity building and the provision of 

12 equipment and support for operations tar13 geting— 

14 (i) the finances and illegal activities of 

15 such organizations and gangs; and 

16 (ii) the recruitment by such organiza17 tions and gangs of at-risk youth. 

18 (3) To advance law enforcement and justice sec19 tor capacity building and rule of law initiatives in 

20 beneficiary countries, including by— 

21 (A) strengthening special prosecutorial of22 fices and providing technical assistance— 

23 (i) to combat— 

24 (I) corruption; 

25 (II) money laundering; 


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1 (III) human, firearms, and wild2 life trafficking; 

3 (IV) human smuggling; 

4 (V) financial crimes; and 

5 (VI) extortion; and 

6 (ii) to conduct asset forfeitures and 

7 criminal analysis; 

8 (B) supporting training for civilian police 

9 and appropriate security services in criminal in10 vestigations, best practices for citizen security, 

11 and the protection of human rights; 

12 (C) supporting capacity building for law 

13 enforcement and military units, including 

14 professionalization, anti-corruption and human 

15 rights training, vetting, and community-based 

16 policing; 

17 (D) supporting justice sector reform and 

18 strengthening of the rule of law, including— 

19 (i) capacity building for prosecutors, 

20 judges, and other justice officials; and 

21 (ii) support to increase the efficacy of 

22 criminal courts; and 

23 (E) strengthening cybersecurity and 

24 cybercrime cooperation, including capacity 

25 building and support for cybersecurity systems. 


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1 (4) To promote crime prevention efforts in bene2 ficiary countries, particularly among at-risk-youth 

3 and other vulnerable populations, including 

4 through— 

5 (A) improving community and law enforce6 ment cooperation to improve the effectiveness 

7 and professionalism of police and increase mu8 tual trust; 

9 (B) increasing economic opportunities for 

10 at-risk youth and vulnerable populations, includ11 ing through workforce development training and 

12 remedial education programs for at-risk youth; 

13 (C) improving juvenile justice sectors 

14 through regulatory reforms, separating youth 

15 from traditional prison systems, and improving 

16 support and services in juvenile detention cen17 ters; and 

18 (D) the provision of assistance to popu19 lations vulnerable to being victims of extortion 

20 and crime by criminal networks. 

21 (5) To strengthen the ability of the security sec22 tor in beneficiary countries to respond to and become 

23 more resilient in the face of natural disasters, includ24 ing by— 


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1 (A) carrying out training exercises to en2 sure critical infrastructure and ports are able to 

3 come back online rapidly following natural dis4 asters; and 

5 (B) providing preparedness training to po6 lice and first responders. 

7 (6) To prioritize efforts to combat corruption 

8 and include anti-corruption components in programs 

9 in beneficiary countries, including by— 

10 (A) building the capacity of national justice 

11 systems and attorneys general to prosecute and 

12 try acts of corruption; 

13 (B) increasing the capacity of national law 

14 enforcement services to carry out anti-corruption 

15 investigations; and 

16 (C) encouraging cooperative agreements 

17 among the Department of State, other relevant 

18 Federal departments and agencies, and the attor19 neys general of relevant countries. 

20 (7) To promote the rule of law in beneficiary 

21 countries and counter malign influence from authori22 tarian regimes, including China, Russia, Iran, Ven23 ezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, by— 

24 (A) monitoring security assistance from 

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1 essary to ensure that such assistance does not un2 dermine or jeopardize United States security as3 sistance; 

4 (B) evaluating and, as appropriate, re5 stricting the involvement of the United States in 

6 investment and infrastructure projects financed 

7 by authoritarian regimes that might obstruct or 

8 otherwise impact United States security assist9 ance to beneficiary countries; 

10 (C) monitoring and restricting equipment 

11 and support from high-risk vendors of tele12 communications infrastructure in beneficiary 

13 countries; 

14 (D) countering disinformation by pro15 moting transparency and accountability from 

16 beneficiary countries; and 

17 (E) eliminating corruption linked to invest18 ment and infrastructure facilitated by authori19 tarian regimes through support for investment 

20 screening, competitive tendering and bidding 

21 processes, the implementation of investment law, 

22 and contractual transparency. 

23 (8) To support the effective branding and mes24 saging of United States security assistance and co25 operation in beneficiary countries, including by develVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:41 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S841.RS S841

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1 oping and implementing a public diplomacy strategy 

2 for informing citizens of beneficiary countries about 

3 the benefits to their respective countries of United 

4 States security assistance and cooperation programs. 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State 

7 and the United States Agency for International Develop8 ment $82,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 

9 to carry out the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative to 

10 achieve the purposes described in subsection (b). 

11 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

14 in coordination with the Administrator of the United States 

15 Agency for International Development, shall submit to the 

16 appropriate congressional committees an implementation 

17 plan that includes a timeline and stated objectives for ac18 tions to be taken in beneficiary countries with respect to 

19 the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The implementation plan required 

21 by subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 

22 (1) A multi-year strategy with a timeline, over23 view of objectives, and anticipated outcomes for the 

24 region and for each beneficiary country, with respect 

25 to each purpose described in section 3. 


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1 (2) Specific, measurable benchmarks to track the 

2 progress of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative 

3 toward accomplishing the outcomes included under 

4 paragraph (1). 

5 (3) A plan for the delineation of the roles to be 

6 carried out by the Department of State, the United 

7 States Agency for International Development, the De8 partment of Justice, the Department of Defense, and 

9 any other Federal department or agency in carrying 

10 out the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to pre11 vent overlap and unintended competition between ac12 tivities and resources. 

13 (4) A plan to coordinate and track all activities 

14 carried out under the Caribbean Basin Security Ini15 tiative among all relevant Federal departments and 

16 agencies, in accordance with the publication require17 ments described in section 4 of the Foreign Aid 

18 Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (22 

19 U.S.C. 2394c). 

20 (5) A description of the process for co-locating 

21 projects of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative 

22 funded by the United States Agency for International 

23 Development and the Bureau of International Nar24 cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Depart25 ment of State to ensure that crime prevention funding 


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1 and enforcement funding are used in the same local2 ities as necessary. 

3 (6) An assessment of steps taken, as of the date 

4 on which the plan is submitted, to increase regional 

5 coordination and collaboration between the law en6 forcement agencies of beneficiary countries and the 

7 Haitian National Police, and a framework with 

8 benchmarks for increasing such coordination and col9 laboration, in order to address the urgent security cri10 sis in Haiti. 

11 (c) ANNUAL PROGRESS UPDATE.—Not later than 1 

12 year after the date on which the implementation plan re13 quired by subsection (a) is submitted, and annually there14 after, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ad15 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

16 Development, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees a written description of results achieved through 

18 the Caribbean Basin Security Imitative, including with re19 spect to— 

20 (1) the implementation of the strategy and plans 

21 described in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of subsection 

22 (b); 

23 (2) compliance with, and progress related to, 

24 meeting the benchmarks described in paragraph (2) of 

25 subsection (b); and 


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1 (3) funding statistics for the Caribbean Basin 

2 Security Initiative for the preceding year, 

3 disaggregated by country. 

4 SEC. 5. PROGRAMS AND STRATEGY TO INCREASE NATURAL 

5 DISASTER RESPONSE AND RESILIENCE. 

6 (a) PROGRAMS.—During the 5-year period beginning 

7 on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

8 State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

9 States Agency for International Development and the Presi10 dent and Chief Executive Officer of the Inter-American 

11 Foundation, shall promote natural disaster response and 

12 resilience in beneficiary countries by carrying out programs 

13 for the following purposes: 

14 (1) Encouraging coordination between bene15 ficiary countries and relevant Federal departments 

16 and agencies to provide expertise and information 

17 sharing. 

18 (2) Supporting the sharing of best practices on 

19 natural disaster resilience, including on constructing 

20 resilient infrastructure and rebuilding after natural 

21 disasters. 

22 (3) Improving rapid-response mechanisms and 

23 cross-government organizational preparedness for nat24 ural disasters. 


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1 (b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in co3 ordination with the Administrator of the United States 

4 Agency for International Development and in consultation 

5 with the President and Chief Economic Officer of the Inter6 American Foundation and nongovernmental organizations 

7 in beneficiary countries and in the United States, shall sub8 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy 

9 that incorporates specific, measurable benchmarks— 

10 (1) to achieve the purposes described in sub11 section (a); and 

12 (2) to inform citizens of beneficiary countries 

13 about the extent and benefits of United States assist14 ance to such countries. 

15 (c) ANNUAL PROGRESS UPDATE.—Not later than 1 

16 year after the date on which the strategy required by sub17 section (b) is submitted, and annually thereafter, the Sec18 retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 

19 the United States Agency for International Development, 

20 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

21 written description of the progress made as of the date of 

22 such submission in meeting the benchmarks included in the 

23 strategy. 


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Calendar No. 49 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 841 

A BILL 

To authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiaresilience, and for other purposes. curity partnership, to prioritize natural disaster tive, to enhance the United States-Caribbean seMAY 4, 2023 

Reported with an amendment 


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