,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bc        
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,vitter introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to reduce the amount of   
financial assistance provided to the    
,government of ,mexico in response to   
the illegal border crossings from       
,mexico into the ,united ,states1 which 
serve to dissipate the political        
discontent with the higher unemployment 
rate within ,mexico4  #a4 ,border       
crossing accountability  7a7 ,estimation
 of annual illegal border crossings ,not
 later than #cj days after the end of   
each fiscal year1 the ,secretary of     
,state1 in consultation with the        
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 shall
 estimate the number of illegal border  
crossings that occurred during such     
fiscal year along the southern land     
border of the ,united ,states4  7b7     

,reduction of foreign assistance  7#a7  
,in general ,except as provided under   
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary of       
,state1 shall proportionately reduce the
 amount of financial assistance provided
 to the ,government of ,mexico for each 
fiscal year by a total of #a1jjj for    
each illegal border crossing from       
,mexico to the ,united ,states during   
the previous fiscal year4  7#b7         
,exception ,notwithstanding paragraph   
7#a71 the ,secretary of ,state may      
decide not to reduce the amounts        
appropriated for the ,government of     
,mexico from the ,international         
,military ,education and ,training      
,fund1 the ,international ,narcotics    
,control and ,law ,enforcement ,fund1   
and the fund to carry out               
nonproliferation1 anti-terrorism1       
demining1 and related programs and      
activities4