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(A) strengthening the capacity of the jus-
tice systems in such countries to protect women 
and children fleeing domestic, gang, or drug vi-
olence and to serve victims of domestic violence, 
sexual assault, trafficking, or child abuse or ne-
glect, including by strengthening the capacity of 
such systems to hold perpetrators accountable; 
and 
(B) creating, securing, and sustaining safe 
communities and schools in such countries, by 
building on current approaches to prevent and 
deter violence against women and children in 
such communities or schools. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—An agreement under the 
authority provided by paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall establish a 3- to 6-year plan to 
achieve the objectives described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph; 
(B) shall include measurable goals and in-
dicators with respect to such objectives; 
(C) may not provide for any United States 
assistance to be made available directly to any 
of the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, 
or Honduras; and 
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(D) may be suspended or terminated with 
respect to a country or an entity receiving as-
sistance pursuant to the agreement, if the Sec-
retary of State determines that such country or 
entity has failed to make sufficient progress to-
wards the goals of the Compact. 
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). 
Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion shall be used only for the purposes set forth in sub-
section (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
made available for assistance to Central American 
countries to implement the United States Strategy 
for Engagement in Central America, including ef-
forts to carry out sections 3, 4, 5, and 6. 
(2) EFFECTIVE TARGETING OF ASSISTANCE.— 
The Secretary of State shall ensure that, to the ex-
tent practicable, assistance provided to Central 
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American countries to carry out this Act is obligated 
and expended on projects, programs, or activities 
within such countries, in order to better support in-
clusive economic growth and development, combat 
corruption, strengthen democratic institutions, and 
improve security conditions in such countries. 
(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. 
(e) WOMEN
AND CHILDREN PROTECTION COM-
PACTS.—Not less than $20,000,000 of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be made available to provide assistance pursuant to agree-
ments authorized by section 6(c). 
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-
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ments of the Northern Triangle countries, 50 percent of 
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 
meeting the following conditions: 
(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, wildlife, natural resources, and other con-
traband. 
(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 180 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 1 year after the date of the enactment 
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 congressional com-
mittees 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 foreign person who the President determines 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act to have 
knowingly engaged in significant corruption in 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.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(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) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMIS-
SION TO THE UNITED STATES.—In the case of 
a foreign person who is an individual, such for-
eign person is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(C) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer or the Secretary of State, (or 
a designee of the Secretary of State) shall, 
in accordance with section 221(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
documentation issued to a foreign person 
regardless of when the visa or other entry 
documentation is issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the foreign person’s 
possession. 
(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 
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-
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tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of such section. 
(3) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under subpara-
graph (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall not apply 
with respect to a foreign person if admitting or pa-
roling such person 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 
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— 
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(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 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(g) EXCEPTION RELATING
TO IMPORTATION
OF 
GOODS.—The authorities and requirements to impose 
sanctions authorized under this Act shall not include the 
authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the im-
portation of goods. 
(h) 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 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
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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 
provided to the appropriate congressional committees no-
tice of such proposed provision of security assistance. 
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(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. 
SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(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 No. 13581 (July 24, 2011). 
SEC. 14. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
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