In the Senate of the United States, 

January 15, 2020. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 133) entitled ‘‘An Act to promote economic partnership and cooperation between the United States and Mexico.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Mexico 

3 Economic Partnership Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The United States and Mexico have bene7 fitted from a bilateral, mutually beneficial partner8 ship focused on advancing the economic interests of 

9 both countries. 

10 (2) In 2013, Mexico adopted major energy re11 forms that opened its energy sector to private invest-
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1 ment, increasing energy cooperation between Mexico 

2 and the United States and opening new opportunities 

3 for United States energy engagement. 

4 (3) On January 18, 2018, the Principal Deputy 

5 Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Af6 fairs at the Department of State stated, ‘‘Our ex7 change programs build enduring relationships and 

8 networks to advance U.S. national interests and for9 eign policy goals . . . The role of our exchanges . . . 

10 in advancing U.S. national security and economic in11 terests enjoys broad bipartisan support from Congress 

12 and other stakeholders, and provides a strong return 

13 on investment.’’. 

14 (4) According to the Institute of International 

15 Education, in the 2015–2016 academic year, more 

16 than 56,000 United States students studied in other 

17 countries in the Western Hemisphere region while 

18 more than 84,000 non-United States students from 

19 the region studied in the United States, but only 

20 5,000 of those United States students studied in Mex21 ico and only 16,000 of those non-United States stu22 dents were from Mexico. 

23 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

24 It is the policy of the United States— 
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1 (1) to continue deepening economic cooperation 

2 between the United States and Mexico; 

3 (2) to seek to prioritize and expand educational 

4 and professional exchange programs with Mexico, in5 cluding through frameworks such as the 100,000 

6 Strong in the Americas Initiative, the Young Leaders 

7 of the Americas Initiative, Jo ́venes en Accio ́n (Youth 

8 in Action), the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, 

9 and the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program; and 

10 (3) to promote positive cross-border relations as 

11 a priority for advancing United States foreign policy 

12 and programs. 

13 SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPAND EDU14 CATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE 

15 PROGRAMS WITH MEXICO. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall develop 

17 a strategy to carry out the policy described in section 3, 

18 to include prioritizing and expanding educational and pro19 fessional exchange programs with Mexico through frame20 works such as those referred to in section 3(2). 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub22 section (a) shall— 

23 (1) encourage more academic exchanges between 

24 the United States and Mexico at the secondary, post25 secondary, and post-graduate levels; 
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1 (2) encourage United States and Mexican aca2 demic institutions and businesses to collaborate to as3 sist prospective and developing entrepreneurs in 

4 strengthening their business skills and promoting co5 operation and joint business initiatives across the 

6 United States and Mexico; 

7 (3) promote energy infrastructure coordination 

8 and cooperation through support of vocational-level 

9 education, internships, and exchanges between the 

10 United States and Mexico; and 

11 (4) assess the feasibility of fostering partnerships 

12 between universities in the United States and medical 

13 school and nursing programs in Mexico to ensure that 

14 medical school and nursing programs in Mexico have 

15 comparable accreditation standards as medical school 

16 and nursing programs in the United States by the 

17 Accreditation and Standards in Foreign Medical 

18 Education, in addition to the Accreditation Commis19 sion For Education in Nursing, so that medical stu20 dents can pass medical licensing board exams, and 

21 nursing students can pass nursing licensing exams, in 

22 the United States. 

23 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
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1 brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding 

2 the strategy required under subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

7 Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 SEC. 6. SUNSET PROVISION. 

11 This Act shall remain in effect until December 31, 

12 2023. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 133 

AMENDMENT