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Union Calendar No. 30 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 

[Report No. 118–46, Part I] 

To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration 

agreements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2023 

Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

MAY 5, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. SELF, Mrs. 

RADEWAGEN, Mr. MILLS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. MAST, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. SALAZAR, 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. BARR, Mr. 

HUIZENGA, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. KEAN of New Jersey 

MAY 5, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment 

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

MAY 5, 2023 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 22, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional 

immigration agreements, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Orderly Requirements 

5 Designed to Enforce and Regulate Latin American Migra6 tion Act’’ or the ‘‘ORDER Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WESTERN 

8 HEMISPHERE COOPERATION ON IMMIGRA9 TION AND ASYLUM. 

10 It is the policy of the United States to enter into agree11 ments, accords, and memoranda of understanding with sov12 ereign countries in the Western Hemisphere, the purposes 

13 of which are to advance the interests of the United States 

14 by reducing costs associated with illegal immigration and 

15 to protect the human capital, societal traditions, and eco16 nomic growth of other sovereign nations in the Western 

17 Hemisphere. It is further the policy of the United States 

18 to ensure that humanitarian and development assistance 

19 funding aimed at reducing illegal immigration is not ex20 pended on programs that have not proven to reduce illegal 

21 immigrant flows in the aggregate. 

22 SEC. 3. NEGOTIATIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE. 

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE.—The Secretary 

24 of State shall seek to negotiate agreements, accords, and 

25 memoranda of understanding between the United States, 


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1 Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and other 

2 countries in the Western Hemisphere with respect to co3 operation and burden sharing required for effective regional 

4 immigration enforcement, expediting legal claims by aliens 

5 for asylum, and the processing, detention, and repatriation 

6 of foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States un7 lawfully. Such agreements shall be designed to facilitate a 

8 regional approach to immigration enforcement and shall, 

9 at a minimum, provide that— 

10 (1) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac11 cept the rapid entrance into Mexico of nationals of 

12 countries other than Mexico who seek asylum in Mex13 ico, and process the asylum claims of such nationals 

14 inside Mexico, in accordance with both domestic law 

15 and international treaties and conventions governing 

16 the processing of asylum claims; 

17 (2) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac18 cept both the rapid entrance into Mexico of all na19 tionals of countries other than Mexico who are ineli20 gible for asylum in Mexico and wish to apply for asy21 lum in the United States, whether or not at a port 

22 of entry, and the continued presence of such nationals 

23 in Mexico while they wait for the adjudication of 

24 their asylum claims to conclude in the United States; 


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1 (3) the Government of Mexico commit to provide 

2 the individuals described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

3 with appropriate humanitarian protections; 

4 (4) the Government of Honduras, the Govern5 ment of El Salvador, and the Government of Guate6 mala each authorize and accept the entrance into the 

7 respective countries of nationals of other countries 

8 seeking asylum in the applicable such country and 

9 process such claims in accordance with applicable do10 mestic law and international treaties and conventions 

11 governing the processing of asylum claims; 

12 (5) the Government of the United States commit 

13 to work to accelerate the adjudication of asylum 

14 claims and to conclude removal proceedings in the 

15 wake of asylum adjudications as expeditiously as pos16 sible; 

17 (6) the Government of the United States commit 

18 to continue to assist the governments of countries in 

19 the Western Hemisphere, such as the Government of 

20 Honduras, the Government of El Salvador, and the 

21 Government of Guatemala, by supporting the en22 hancement of asylum capacity in those countries; and 

23 (7) the Government of the United States commit 

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1 mine whether additional asylum cooperation agree2 ments are warranted. 

3 (b) NOTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CASE-ZA4 BLOCKI ACT.—The Secretary of State shall, in accordance 

5 with section 112b of title 1, United States Code, promptly 

6 inform the relevant congressional committees of each agree7 ment entered into pursuant to subsection (a). Such notifica8 tions shall be submitted not later than 48 hours after such 

9 agreements are signed. 

10 (c) ALIEN DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘alien’’ 

11 has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Im12 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

13 SEC. 4. MANDATORY BRIEFINGS ON UNITED STATES EF14 FORTS TO ADDRESS THE BORDER CRISIS. 

15 (a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre17 quently than once every 90 days thereafter until the date 

18 described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State, or the 

19 designee of the Secretary of State, shall provide to the ap20 propriate congressional committees an in-person briefing on 

21 efforts undertaken pursuant to the negotiation authority 

22 provided by section 3 to monitor, deter, and prevent illegal 

23 immigration to the United States, including by entering 

24 into agreements, accords, and memoranda of understanding 

25 with foreign countries and by using United States foreign 


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1 assistance to stem the root causes of migration in the West2 ern Hemisphere. 

3 (b) TERMINATION OF MANDATORY BRIEFING.—The 

4 date described in this subsection is the date on which the 

5 Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other 

6 relevant Federal departments and agencies, determines and 

7 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 

8 illegal immigration flows have subsided to a manageable 

9 rate. 

10 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres12 sional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on For14 eign Relations of the Senate. 


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Union Calendar No. 30 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 

[Report No. 118–46, Part I] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate repurposes. gional immigration agreements, and for other 

MAY 5, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an 

M

amendment 

AY 5, 2023 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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