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(2) all individuals described in subsection (a)(1) 
received compensation from amounts made available 
to carry out that subsection in the manner described 
in subsection (a)(2). 
SEC. 1708. TREATY AND EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT PRACTICE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Congress and the executive branch share re-
sponsibility for the foreign relations of the United 
States pursuant to Article I and Article II of the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
(2) All legislative powers of the Federal Govern-
ment, including on matters of foreign relations, are 
vested in the Congress of the United States pursuant 
to section 1 of Article I of the Constitution. 
(3) The executive branch may not direct Con-
gress to take any action, nor may it convey any legis-
lative or other power assigned to Congress under the 
Constitution to any entity, domestic or foreign. 
(4) The original escrow release conditions agree-
ment prescribed specific legislative text and purported 
both to require enactment of such text and provide a 
veto to Sudan over exceptions to that text. 
(5) Congress rejected the approach described in 
paragraph (4). 
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(6) The executive branch and Sudan subse-
quently amended the escrow release conditions agree-
ment to eliminate the specific legislative text as well 
as the purported requirement for enactment and the 
purported veto over exceptions to that text. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT.—Section 
112b of title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) It is the sense of Congress that the executive 
branch should not prescribe or otherwise commit to or in-
clude specific legislative text in a treaty or executive agree-
ment unless Congress has authorized such action.’’. 
TITLE 
XVIII—THEODORE 
ROO-
SEVELT 
PRESIDENTIAL 
LI-
BRARY CONVEYANCE ACT OF 
2020 
SEC. 1801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Theodore Roosevelt 
Presidential Library Conveyance Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 1802. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Project Number P08122-2016-009’’, depicting a 
93 acre site in sections 21 and 28, T. 140 N., R. 102 
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W., Billings County, North Dakota, and dated Decem-
ber 8, 2020. 
(2) PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY.—The term ‘‘Presi-
dential Library’’ means the Theodore Roosevelt Presi-
dential Library Foundation, a North Dakota non-
profit corporation. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief 
of the Forest Service. 
SEC. 1803. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LAND TO THE PRESIDENTIAL LI-
BRARY. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to this section, if the Presi-
dential Library submits to the Secretary not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act a written request 
for the conveyance of the approximately 93 acres of Na-
tional Forest System land, as generally depicted on the 
map, the Secretary shall, on the earliest date practicable, 
convey to the Presidential Library by quitclaim deed all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that 
land. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the convey-
ance of land under subsection (a), the Presidential Library 
shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the market 
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value of the land, as determined by the appraisal conducted 
under subsection (d). 
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to— 
(1) valid existing rights; 
(2) the reservation of easements, as depicted on 
the map, for public use on— 
(A) the Maah Dah Hey National Trail; and 
(B) Forest Service Road #7471 and the un-
numbered Forest Service road; and 
(3) any other terms and conditions that the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
the United States. 
(d) APPRAISAL.—The Secretary shall conduct an ap-
praisal of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) in 
accordance with— 
(1) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed-
eral Land Acquisitions; 
(2) the Uniform Standards of Professional Ap-
praisal Practice; and 
(3) any other applicable law (including regula-
tions). 
(e) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition for the 
conveyance under subsection (a), and in addition to the 
consideration paid under subsection (b), the Presidential 
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Library shall pay all costs associated with the conveyance, 
including— 
(1) the survey to Federal standards described in 
subsection (f); and 
(2) the appraisal conducted under subsection (d). 
(f) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal description 
of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be de-
termined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(g) DEPOSIT AND USE OF PROCEEDS.—All funds re-
ceived under subsection (b) shall be— 
(1) deposited in the fund established by Public 
Law 90–171 (commonly known as the Sisk Act) (16 
U.S.C. 484a); and 
(2) available to the Secretary, until expended, for 
the acquisition of land or interests in land for inclu-
sion in the National Forest System in the State of 
North Dakota. 
TITLE 
XIX—UNITED 
STATES- 
MEXICO ECONOMIC PARTNER-
SHIP ACT 
SEC. 1901. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Mexico 
Economic Partnership Act’’. 
SEC. 1902. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States and Mexico have bene-
fitted from a bilateral, mutually beneficial partner-
ship focused on advancing the economic interests of 
both countries. 
(2) In 2013, Mexico adopted major energy re-
forms that opened its energy sector to private invest-
ment, increasing energy cooperation between Mexico 
and the United States and opening new opportunities 
for United States energy engagement. 
(3) On January 18, 2018, the Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Af-
fairs at the Department of State stated, ‘‘Our ex-
change programs build enduring relationships and 
networks to advance U.S. national interests and for-
eign policy goals . . . The role of our exchanges . . . 
in advancing U.S. national security and economic in-
terests enjoys broad bipartisan support from Congress 
and other stakeholders, and provides a strong return 
on investment.’’. 
(4) According to the Institute of International 
Education, in the 2015–2016 academic year, more 
than 56,000 United States students studied in other 
countries in the Western Hemisphere region while 
more than 84,000 non-United States students from 
the region studied in the United States, but only 
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5,000 of those United States students studied in Mex-
ico and only 16,000 of those non-United States stu-
dents were from Mexico. 
SEC. 1903. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to continue deepening economic cooperation 
between the United States and Mexico; 
(2) to seek to prioritize and expand educational 
and professional exchange programs with Mexico, in-
cluding through frameworks such as the 100,000 
Strong in the Americas Initiative, the Young Leaders 
of the Americas Initiative, Jo´venes en Accio´n (Youth 
in Action), the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, 
and the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program; and 
(3) to promote positive cross-border relations as 
a priority for advancing United States foreign policy 
and programs. 
SEC. 1904. STRATEGY TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPAND EDU-
CATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE 
PROGRAMS WITH MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall develop 
a strategy to carry out the policy described in section 1903, 
to include prioritizing and expanding educational and pro-
fessional exchange programs with Mexico through frame-
works such as those referred to in section 1903(2). 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) encourage more academic exchanges between 
the United States and Mexico at the secondary, post- 
secondary, and post-graduate levels; 
(2) encourage United States and Mexican aca-
demic institutions and businesses to collaborate to as-
sist prospective and developing entrepreneurs in 
strengthening their business skills and promoting co-
operation and joint business initiatives across the 
United States and Mexico; 
(3) promote energy infrastructure coordination 
and cooperation through support of vocational-level 
education, internships, and exchanges between the 
United States and Mexico; and 
(4) assess the feasibility of fostering partnerships 
between universities in the United States and medical 
school and nursing programs in Mexico to ensure that 
medical school and nursing programs in Mexico have 
comparable accreditation standards as medical school 
and nursing programs in the United States by the 
Accreditation and Standards in Foreign Medical 
Education, in addition to the Accreditation Commis-
sion For Education in Nursing, so that medical stu-
dents can pass medical licensing board exams, and 
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nursing students can pass nursing licensing exams, in 
the United States. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding 
the strategy required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1905. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1906. SUNSET PROVISION. 
This Act shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2023. 
TITLE XX—PORT SURVEILLANCE 
SEC. 2001. PORT SURVEILLANCE. 
(a) CPSC SURVEILLANCE PERSONNEL DURING THE 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.—For the duration of a public health 
emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of con-
firmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID–19), in-
cluding any renewal thereof, the Commission shall ensure, 
to the maximum extent feasible, that investigators are sta-
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tioned at ports of entry to protect the public against unrea-
sonable risk of injury from consumer products, with the goal 
of covering no fewer than 90 percent of all consumer prod-
ucts entering the United States that are risk-scored in the 
Risk Assessment Methodology system. The Commission shall 
consult with United States Customs and Border Protection, 
and other relevant agencies, including health and safety 
agencies, on methods to safely staff ports during the pan-
demic. 
(b) ADDITIONAL CPSC SURVEILLANCE PERSONNEL AT 
KEY PORTS OF ENTRY.—The Commission shall hire, train, 
and assign not fewer than 16 additional full-time equiva-
lent personnel to be stationed at or supporting efforts at 
ports of entry, including ports of entry for de minimis ship-
ments, for the purpose of identifying, assessing, and ad-
dressing shipments of violative consumer products. Such 
hiring shall continue during each fiscal year until the total 
number of full-time equivalent personnel equals and sus-
tains the staffing requirements identified in the report to 
Congress required under subsection (c)(2)(F). 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Commission 
shall transmit to Congress, and make publicly avail-
able, a study and report assessing the risk to con-
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sumers associated with the reduction in Commission 
port inspection activity during the COVID-19 pan-
demic and the targeting and screening of de minimis 
shipments. 
(2) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—In the study and 
report, the Commission shall— 
(A) identify— 
(i) the risks associated with the reduc-
tion in Commission port inspection activity 
during the COVID-19 pandemic; 
(ii) the extent to which the reduction 
in port inspection activity is linked to in-
adequate Commission resources or due to 
shortages of trained Commission staff due to 
the COVID-19 pandemic; and 
(iii) the steps the Commission has 
taken and plans to take to mitigate those 
risks, such as recalls, inspections of product 
inventory, consumer warnings, and other 
appropriate measures; 
(B) examine a sampling of de minimis 
shipments at a sufficient and representative 
sample of all types of ports of entry where de 
minimis shipments are processed, including ex-
press 
consignment 
carrier 
facilities, 
inter-
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