IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7703 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 30, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the Caribbean Basin Security 
Initiative, enhance the United States-Caribbean security 
partnership, prioritize disaster resilience, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caribbean Basin Secu-
rity Initiative Authorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 
CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $74,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025 to carry out the Caribbean Basin Security 
Initiative to achieve the purposes described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) To promote citizen safety, security, and the 
rule of law in the Caribbean through increased stra-
tegic engagement with the governments of bene-
ficiary countries and with elements of local civil soci-
ety, including the private sector, in such countries. 
(2) To carry out the promotion of such safety, 
security, and the rule of law through efforts includ-
ing the following: 
(A) Capacity building for law enforcement 
and military units, including professionalization, 
anti-corruption and human rights training, vet-
ting, and community-based policing. 
(B) Maritime and aerial security coopera-
tion, including assistance to strengthen Carib-
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bean maritime and aerial interdiction oper-
ations capability and the provision of support 
systems and equipment, training, and mainte-
nance. 
(C) Border and port security cooperation, 
including support to strengthen capacity for 
screening and to intercept narcotics, weapons, 
bulk cash, and other contraband at airports and 
seaports. 
(D) Support for justice sector reform and 
strengthening of the rule of law, including ca-
pacity building for prosecutors, judges, and 
other justice officials, and support to increase 
the efficacy of criminal courts. 
(E) Cybersecurity and cybercrime coopera-
tion, including capacity-building and support 
for cybersecurity systems. 
(F) Countering transnational criminal or-
ganizations and local gang activity, including 
capacity-building, equipment, and support for 
operations targeting the finances and illegal ac-
tivities of transnational criminal networks and 
local gangs such as their recruitment of at-risk 
youth, and the provision of assistance to popu-
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lations vulnerable to being victims of extortion 
and crime by criminal networks. 
(G) Strengthening special prosecutorial of-
fices and providing technical assistance to com-
bat corruption, money laundering, financial 
crimes, extortion, and human rights crimes, and 
conduct asset forfeitures and criminal analysis. 
(H) Strengthening the ability of the secu-
rity sector to respond to and become more resil-
ient in the face of natural disasters, including 
by carrying out training exercises to ensure 
critical infrastructure and ports are able to 
come back online rapidly following disasters and 
providing preparedness training to police and 
first responders. 
(I) Supporting training for civilian police 
and appropriate security services in criminal in-
vestigations, best practices for citizen security, 
and the protection of human rights. 
(J) Improving community and law enforce-
ment cooperation to improve effectiveness and 
professionalism of police and increase mutual 
trust. 
(K) Increasing economic opportunities for 
at-risk youth and vulnerable populations, in-
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cluding workforce development training and re-
medial education programs for at-risk youth. 
(L) Improving juvenile justice sectors 
through regulatory reforms, separating youth 
from traditional prison systems, and improving 
support and services in juvenile detention cen-
ters. 
(3) To prioritize efforts to combat corruption 
and include anti-corruption components to programs, 
including by— 
(A) strengthening national justice systems 
and attorneys general and supporting inde-
pendent media and investigative reporting; 
(B) supporting multilateral anti-corruption 
mechanisms; and 
(C) encouraging cooperative agreements 
between the Department of State, other rel-
evant Federal departments and agencies, and 
the attorneys general of relevant countries to 
fight corruption in the Caribbean. 
(4) To promote the rule of law in the Caribbean 
and counter malign influence from authoritarian re-
gimes, including China and Russia, by: 
(A) Monitoring security assistance from 
authoritarian regimes and taking steps nec-
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