efforts, and the rule of law in all aspects of United States 
policy towards the countries of the Northern Triangle, in-
cluding carrying out the initiatives described in subsection 
(a) and developing the strategy required under subsection 
(b). The individual designated in accordance with this sub-
section shall be a Department of State employee in the 
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. 
SEC. 5. ACTIONS TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC INSTITU-
TIONS IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE. 
(a) SECRETARY
OF STATE PRIORITIZATION.—The 
Secretary of State shall prioritize strengthening demo-
cratic institutions, good governance, human rights, and 
the rule of law in the Northern Triangle countries by car-
rying out the following initiatives: 
(1) Providing support to strengthen government 
institutions and actors at the local and national lev-
els to provide services and respond to citizen needs 
through transparent, inclusive, and democratic proc-
esses. 
(2) Supporting efforts to strengthen access to 
information laws and reform laws that currently 
limit access to information. 
(3) Financing efforts to build the capacity of 
independent media with a specific focus on profes-
sional investigative journalism. 
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(4) Ensuring that threats and attacks on jour-
nalists and human rights defenders are fully inves-
tigated and perpetrators are held accountable. 
(5) Developing the capacity of civil society to 
conduct oversight and accountability mechanisms at 
the national and local levels. 
(6) Training political actors committed to 
democratic principles. 
(7) Strengthening electoral institutions and 
processes to ensure free, fair, and transparent elec-
tions. 
(8) Advancing conservation principles and the 
rule of law to address multiple factors, including the 
impacts of illegal cattle ranching and smuggling as 
drivers of deforestation. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) ELEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment and the heads of other relevant Federal agen-
cies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a strategy to support democratic govern-
ance in the Northern Triangle countries by carrying 
out the initiatives described in subsection (a). 
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(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strat-
egy required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall consult with nongovernmental organiza-
tions in the Northern Triangle countries and the 
United States. 
(3) 
BENCHMARKS.—The 
strategy 
required 
under paragraph (1) shall include annual bench-
marks to track the strategy’s progress in curbing ir-
regular migration from the Northern Triangle to the 
United States. 
(4) PUBLIC
DIPLOMACY.—The strategy re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include a public di-
plomacy strategy for educating citizens of the North-
ern Triangle countries about United States assist-
ance and its benefits to them, and informing such 
citizens of the dangers of illegal migration to the 
United States. 
(5) ANNUAL
PROGRESS
UPDATES.—Not later 
than one year after the submission of the strategy 
required under paragraph (1) and annually there-
after for four years, the Secretary of State shall pro-
vide the appropriate congressional committees with a 
written description of progress made in meeting the 
benchmarks established in the strategy. 
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(6) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The strategy re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be made publicly 
available on the website of the Department of State. 
SEC. 6. ACTIONS TO IMPROVE SECURITY CONDITIONS IN 
THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE. 
(a) SECRETARY
OF STATE PRIORITIZATION.—The 
Secretary of State shall prioritize security in the Northern 
Triangle countries by carrying out the following initiatives: 
(1) Implementing the Central America Regional 
Security Initiative of the Department of State. 
(2) Continuing the vetting and professionaliza-
tion of security services, including the civilian police 
and military units. 
(3) Supporting efforts to combat the illicit ac-
tivities of criminal gangs and transnational criminal 
organizations, including MS–13 and the 18th Street 
Gang, through support to fully vetted elements of at-
torneys general offices, appropriate government in-
stitutions, and security services. 
(4) Supporting training for fully vetted civilian 
police and appropriate security services in criminal 
investigations, best practices for citizen security, and 
human rights. 
(5) Providing capacity-building to relevant secu-
rity services and attorneys general to support coun-
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ternarcotics efforts and combat human trafficking, 
gender-based violence, and other illicit activities. 
(6) Encouraging collaboration with regional and 
international partners in implementing security as-
sistance, including by supporting cross-border infor-
mation sharing on gangs and transnational criminal 
organizations. 
(7) Providing equipment, technology, tools, and 
training to security services to assist in border and 
port inspections. 
(8) Providing equipment, technology, tools, and 
training to assist security services in counter-
narcotics and other efforts to combat illicit activities. 
(9) Continuing information sharing regarding 
known or suspected terrorists and other individuals 
and entities that pose a potential threat to United 
States national security that are crossing through or 
residing in the Northern Triangle. 
(10) Supporting information sharing on gangs 
and transnational criminal organizations between 
relevant Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
and the governments of the Northern Triangle coun-
tries. 
(11) Considering the use of assets and re-
sources of United States State and local government 
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entities, as appropriate, to support the activities de-
scribed in this subsection. 
(12) Providing thorough end-use monitoring of 
equipment, technology, tools, and training provided 
pursuant to this subsection. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) ELEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment and the heads of other relevant Federal agen-
cies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a five-year strategy to prioritize the im-
provement of security in the Northern Triangle 
countries by carrying out the initiatives described in 
subsection (a). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strat-
egy required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall consult with nongovernmental organiza-
tions in the Northern Triangle countries and the 
United States. 
(3) 
BENCHMARKS.—The 
strategy 
required 
under paragraph (1) shall include annual bench-
marks to track the strategy’s progress in curbing ir-
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regular migration from the Northern Triangle to the 
United States. 
(4) PUBLIC
DIPLOMACY.—The strategy re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include a public di-
plomacy strategy for educating citizens of the North-
ern Triangle countries about United States assist-
ance and its benefits to them, and informing such 
citizens of the dangers of illegal migration to the 
United States. 
(5) ANNUAL
PROGRESS
UPDATES.—Not later 
than one year after the submission of the strategy 
required under paragraph (1) and annually there-
after for four years, the Secretary of State shall pro-
vide the appropriate congressional committees with a 
written description of progress made in meeting the 
benchmarks established in the strategy. 
(6) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The strategy re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be made publicly 
available on the website of the Department of State. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ASSIST-
ANCE TO CENTRAL AMERICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the President $577,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 
to carry out the United States Strategy for Engagement 
in Central America in accordance with subsection (b). 
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available to carry out this section may not be repro-
grammed, transferred, or used for any purposes not spe-
cifically authorized in subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made avail-
able for assistance to Central American countries to imple-
ment the United States Strategy for Engagement in Cen-
tral America, including efforts to carry out sections 3, 4, 
5, and 6. 
(c) INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION.—Not less than 
$10,000,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made available to the 
Inter-American Foundation to address the root causes of 
migration from Central America. 
(d) 
NORTHERN
TRIANGLE.—Not 
less 
than 
$490,000,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made available for pro-
gramming in the Northern Triangle counties. 
SEC. 8. CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE NORTHERN 
TRIANGLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated to the President by this Act that are made 
available for assistance for each of the central govern-
ments of the Northern Triangle countries, 50 percent of 
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such funds for each such central government may only be 
obligated with respect to each such country after the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that such central government is 
demonstrating progress in the following: 
(1) Informing its citizens of the dangers of the 
journey to the southwest border of the United 
States. 
(2) Combating all human smuggling and traf-
ficking entities. 
(3) Countering the trafficking of illicit drugs, 
firearms, and other contraband. 
(4) Combating corruption, including inves-
tigating and prosecuting current and former govern-
ment officials credibly alleged to be corrupt. 
(5) Implementing reforms, policies, and pro-
grams to increase transparency and strengthen pub-
lic institutions and the rule of law. 
(6) Countering the activities of criminal gangs, 
drug traffickers, and transnational criminal organi-
zations. 
(7) Ensuring that human rights are respected 
by national security forces. 
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(8) Investigating and prosecuting in the civilian 
justice system government personnel who are 
credibly alleged to have violated human rights. 
(9) Cooperating with commissions against cor-
ruption and impunity and with regional human 
rights entities. 
(10) Supporting programs to reduce poverty, 
expand education and vocational training for at-risk 
youth, create jobs, and promote equitable economic 
growth, particularly in areas contributing to large 
numbers of migrants. 
(11) Creating a professional, accountable civil-
ian police force and ending the role of the military 
in internal policing. 
(12) Protecting the right of political opposition 
parties and other members of civil society to operate 
without interference. 
(13) Implementing tax reforms, ensuring prop-
erty rights, and supporting increased private invest-
ment in the region. 
(14) Resolving commercial disputes. 
(b) REPROGRAMMING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds withheld pursuant to 
the limitation described in subsection (a) shall be 
made available for programs in the Northern Tri-
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angle that do not directly support the central gov-
ernments of such countries. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation described in 
subsection (a) does not apply to funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act for humanitarian assist-
ance or global food security programs. 
SEC. 9. ENHANCING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT OF MEXICO ON THE NORTHERN TRI-
ANGLE. 
(a) ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT OF MEXICO ON THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE.—The 
Secretary of State shall collaborate with the Government 
of Mexico to— 
(1) enhance development, particularly in col-
laboration with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the 
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Inter- 
American Foundation, the Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation, and the heads of other relevant 
Federal agencies, in southern Mexico; and 
(2) strengthen security cooperation at Mexico’s 
shared border with Guatemala and Belize. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
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(1) ELEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a strategy to carry out the col-
laboration described in subsection (a). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strat-
egy required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall consult with nongovernmental organiza-
tions in Mexico, Belize, the Northern Triangle coun-
tries, and the United States. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The strategy re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be made publicly 
available on the website of the Department of State. 
SEC. 10. TARGETING ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS MIGRATION 
FROM COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN TRI-
ANGLE. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and annually thereafter for each of the 
three succeeding years, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that contains the following: 
(1) Raw data from Federal agencies on the 
number of migrants coming to the United States 
from each community or geographic area in the 
Northern Triangle countries, with a specific focus on 
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communities targeted by United States foreign as-
sistance. 
(2) An assessment of whether United States 
foreign assistance to the Northern Triangle coun-
tries is effectively reaching the communities from 
which individuals are migrating. 
(3) An assessment of the extent to which 
United States foreign assistance is mitigating North-
ern Triangle migration to the United States, includ-
ing a breakdown of effectiveness by project and im-
plementer. 
(4) An assessment of the extent to which the 
Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development are adjusting foreign 
assistance programming in the Northern Triangle 
countries as migration patterns shift. 
(5) An assessment of how the Department of 
State, the United States Agency for International 
Development, and other implementers of United 
States foreign assistance in the Northern Triangle 
are measuring the impact of programs on migration 
trends. 
(6) An assessment of how the Department of 
State, the United States Agency for International 
Development, and other implementers of United 
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States foreign assistance in the Northern Triangle 
are implementing a public diplomacy strategy that is 
widely informing local citizens about United States 
Government assistance and the dangers of illegal mi-
gration to the United States, including an assess-
ment of the effectiveness of such strategy on curbing 
such illegal migration. 
(7) An assessment of the extent to which the 
governments of the Northern Triangle countries are 
addressing drivers of migration, including efforts to 
increase economic prosperity, citizen security, anti- 
corruption efforts, democratic principles, and rule of 
law. 
(8) An assessment of how the Northern Tri-
angle countries are educating their citizens about 
the dangers of illegal migration to the United States 
and the effectiveness of such educational efforts on 
curbing such illegal migration. 
SEC. 11. TARGETED SANCTIONS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN 
THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) corruption in the Northern Triangle coun-
tries by private citizens and select officials in local, 
regional, and federal governments significantly dam-
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ages the economies of such countries and deprives 
citizens of opportunities; 
(2) corruption in the Northern Triangle is fa-
cilitated and carried out not only by private citizens 
and select officials from those countries but also in 
many instances by individuals from third countries; 
and 
(3) imposing targeted sanctions on individuals 
from throughout the world and particularly in the 
Western Hemisphere who are engaged in acts of sig-
nificant corruption that impact the Northern Tri-
angle countries will benefit the citizens and govern-
ments of such countries. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to a person who the President determines to be en-
gaged in an act of significant corruption that impacts a 
Northern Triangle country, including the following: 
(1) Corruption related to government contracts. 
(2) Bribery and extortion. 
(3) The facilitation or transfer of the proceeds 
of corruption, including through money laundering. 
(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
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(A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The blocking, in 
accordance with the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
of all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of a foreign person if such property 
and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or 
come within the possession or control of a 
United States person. 
(B) INADMISSIBILITY
TO
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—In the case of a foreign person who 
is an individual— 
(i) ineligibility to receive a visa to 
enter the United States or to be admitted 
to the United States; or 
(ii) if the individual has been issued a 
visa or other documentation, revocation, in 
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), of the visa or other documenta-
tion. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of a measure imposed pursuant to para-
graph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order 
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issued to carry out such paragraph shall be subject 
to the penalties specified in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of such section. 
(3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 
GOODS.—The requirement to block and prohibit all 
transactions in all property and interests in property 
under paragraph (1)(A) does not include the author-
ity to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(4) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 
under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien 
if admitting such alien into the United States is nec-
essary to permit the United States to comply with 
the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 
1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
between the United Nations and the United States, 
or other applicable international obligations. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
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Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President 
shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as 
are necessary to carry out this section. 
(e) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the application of the sanctions under sub-
section (c) if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional interest of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notice of and justification for the waiv-
er. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The authority to impose sanc-
tions under subsection (b), and any sanctions imposed 
pursuant to such authority, shall expire on the date that 
is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate. 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any arti-
cle, natural or man-made substance, material, supply 
or manufactured product, including inspection and 
test equipment, and excluding technical data. 
(3) PERSON
FROM
A
NORTHERN
TRIANGLE 
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘person from a Northern Tri-
angle country’’ means— 
(A) a citizen of a Northern Triangle coun-
try; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
a Northern Triangle country or any jurisdiction 
within a Northern Triangle country. 
SEC. 12. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ADVANCE NOTIFICA-
TION TO CONGRESS OF SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE TO NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may not provide security assist-
ance to a Northern Triangle country during the 3-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
until 30 days after the date on which the President has 
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provided to the appropriate congressional committees no-
tice of such proposed provision of security assistance. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Presi-
dent— 
(1) determines it is in the national security in-
terests of the United States to do so; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees such determination and the rationale for 
the determination. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘secu-
rity assistance’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term in 
section 502B(d)(2) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304); and 
(B) includes assistance under any inter-
national security assistance program conducted 
under any other provision of law not specified 
in section 502B(d)(2) of such Act. 
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SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) NORTHERN TRIANGLE.—The term ‘‘North-
ern Triangle’’ means the region of Central America 
that encompasses the countries of El Salvador, Gua-
temala, and Honduras. 
(3) NORTHERN
TRIANGLE
COUNTRIES.—The 
term ‘‘Northern Triangle countries’’ means the 
countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. 
(4) 
TRANSNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza-
tion’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘significant 
transnational criminal organization’’ in Executive 
Order 13581 (July 24, 2011). 
Æ 
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