In the Senate of the United States, 
January 15, 2020. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 133) entitled ‘‘An Act to promote economic part-
nership and cooperation between the United States and Mex-
ico.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Mexico 
Economic Partnership Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(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-
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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 
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. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States—
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(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. 4. 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 3, 
to include prioritizing and expanding educational and pro-
fessional exchange programs with Mexico through frame-
works such as those referred to in section 3(2). 
(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;
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(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 
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
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brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding 
the strategy required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 5. 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. 6. SUNSET PROVISION. 
This Act shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2023. 
Attest: 
Secretary.