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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3239 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 245
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3239

                          [Report No. 111-429]

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
  Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida 
 Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2009

  Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona (for herself and Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, 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

                             March 9, 2010

                   Additional sponsor: Ms. Richardson

                             March 9, 2010

            Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             March 9, 2010

 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
  Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida 
 Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

 

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. REPORT ON MERIDA INITIATIVE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a 
report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the 
following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Enhancing border security.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Reducing the potential for border 
        violence.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Preventing the illicit flow of arms and bulk 
        cash across the border between the United States and 
        Mexico.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Merida Initiative Defined.--In this section, the term 
``Merida Initiative'' means the program announced by the United States 
and Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics trafficking 
and criminal organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. REPORT ON MERIDA INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a 
report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the following:
            (1) Enhancing border security.
            (2) Reducing the potential for border violence.
            (3) Preventing the illicit flow of arms, bulk cash, human 
        trafficking and smuggling, and illegal narcotics across the 
        border between the United States and Mexico.
            (4) Improving cooperation between officials and agencies of 
        the Department of Homeland Security and the foreign 
        counterparts of such officials and agencies participating in 
        the Merida Initiative, including a detailed description of how 
        cooperation has or has not improved under the Merida 
        Initiative.
    (b) Merida Initiative Defined.--In this section, the term ``Merida 
Initiative'' means the program announced by the United States and 
Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics trafficking and 
criminal organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 245

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3239

                          [Report No. 111-429]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
  Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida 
 Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 9, 2010

            Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security

                             March 9, 2010

 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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