North American Cooperative Security Act

Bill: 109-s-853
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Air traffic
Airspace (Law)
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation agreements
Belize
Biological warfare
Border patrols
Boundaries
Canada
Commerce
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Customs administration
Data banks
Deportation
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Economic growth
Embassies
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy supplies
Explosives
Export controls
Fingerprints
Firearms
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign investments
Foreign service
Fraud
Freight
Gangs
Guatemala
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Immigration
International cooperation
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Mexicans
Mexico
Military agreements
Money laundering
Natural gas
Negotiations
North America
Nuclear exports
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Panama
Passports
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Public-private partnerships
Repatriation
Right of asylum
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
Security measures
Smuggling
Social Welfare
Standards
Tariff
Technical assistance
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Violence
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
North American Cooperative Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to provide a framework for enhanced security management, communication, and coordination among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) negotiate border-related information sharing agreements with Mexico; (2) establish a program to improve Mexico's southern border security, including U.S., Canadian, and Mexican financial and technical assistance to Belize and Guatemala to help secure their borders; (3) establish a database to track Central American gangs; (4) examine the feasibility of an agreement with Panama and other Central American countries regarding the aerial interdiction program (Airbridge Denial); and (5) negotiate with other countries to accept the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 9 one-time travel document in lieu of official travel documents if an inadmissible immigrant has not presented official travel documents or has presented fraudulent ones, and facilitate the removal and repatriation of inadmissible aliens from the United States, with a focus on criminal aliens who are dangerous or potential terrorists. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to examine the feasibility of strengthening institutions for consultations on intelligence sharing and defense and border issues among the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees every six months regarding: (1) security, cargo security, and the movement of goods; (2) border infrastructure and wait times; (3) security clearances and document integrity; (4) immigration and visa management; (5) visa policy coordination and immigration security; (6) North American visitor overstay program; (7) terrorist watch lists; (8) money laundering, income tax evasion, currency smuggling, and alien smuggling; (9) counterterrorism programs; (10) law enforcement cooperation; (11) biosecurity cooperation; (12) protection against nuclear and radiological threats; (13) emergency management cooperation; (14) cooperative energy policy; and (15) feasibility of a common external tariff and development assistance with Mexico.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4024-4026)
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4024)
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate