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7a7 ,9 g5]al ,! ,secret>y ( ,/ate %all  
develop a /rategy to c>ry out ! policy  
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enc\rage m academic ex*anges betwe5 !   
,unit$ ,/ates & ,mexico at ! second>y1  
po/-second>y1 & po/-graduate levels2    
7#b7 enc\rage ,unit$ ,/ates & ,mexican  
academic in/itutions & bus9esses to     
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develop+ entrepr5eurs 9 /r5g!n+ _!      
bus9ess skills & promot+ coop]ation &   

jo9t bus9ess initiatives across ! ,unit$
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infra/ructure coord9ation & coop]ation  
?r\gh support ( vocational-level        
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assess ! feasibility ( fo/]+ p>tn]%ips  
betwe5 univ]sities 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &  
m$ical s*ool & nurs+ programs 9 ,mexico 
to ensure t m$ical s*ool & nurs+        
programs 9 ,mexico h comp>able          
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nurs+ programs 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates by !   
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9 ,nurs+1 s t m$ical /ud5ts c pass      
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days aft] ! date ( ! enactm5t ( ?is     
,act1 ! ,secret>y ( ,/ate %all brief !  
appropriate congressional committees    
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means-- 7#a7 ! ,committee on ,=eign     
,relations ( ! ,s5ate2 &  7#b7 !        
,committee on ,=eign ,affairs ( ! ,h\se 
( ,repres5tatives4  #f4 ,sunset         
provision ,?is ,act %all rema9 9 effect 
until ,decemb] #ca1 #bjbc4  ,secret>y