Transparency to Rehabilitate United States Treaties with Mexico Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1503
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-29
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital

Congressional oversight

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Foreign and international banking

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

International law and treaties

Latin America

Mexico

Smuggling and trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Transparency to Rehabilitate United States Treaties with Mexico Act of 2021 or the TRUST with Mexico Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of State to report on any nonconsensual use by Mexico of information or evidence obtained under the U.S.-Mexico Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty for purposes not stated in the request for such information or evidence.</p> <p>This report must encompass any such actions taken by Mexico on or after January 1, 2020, and it must include descriptions of (1) the action taken and its effect on U.S. national security, and (2) the assets and estimated net worth of Division General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1503 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 29, 2021 Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Daines ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To require the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress describing certain violations by Mexican authorities of the U.S.-Mexico Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, and for other purposes.

1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Transparency to Rehabilitate United States Treaties with Mexico Act of 2021 or the TRUST with Mexico Act of 2021 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives . (2) U.S.-Mexico mutual legal assistance treaty The term U.S.-Mexico Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty means the Treaty on Cooperation for Mutual Legal Assistance, done at Mexico City December 9, 1987, and entered into force May 3, 1991 (TIAS 91–503). 3. Report on actions by the Government of Mexico in violation of the U.S.-Mexico Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (a) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes any actions taken by the Government of Mexico, on or after January 1, 2020, that contravene paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the U.S.-Mexico Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. (b) Contents The report required under subsection (a) shall include— (1) for every action identified in such report, a description of— (A) the action taken; (B) the government agency or agencies responsible for such action; (C) a description of the action’s effect on the joint counternarcotics efforts of the United States and Mexico; and (D) a description of the action’s effect on the national security of the United States; and (2) a description of the assets of Division General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, including a description of— (A) his estimated net worth; (B) the estimated net worth of his immediate family members; and (C) all of his real, personal, and intellectual property, bank or investment or similar accounts, and any other financial or business interests or holdings, including those outside of Mexico, whether obtained legitimately or illegitimately.