,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ba1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,mr4 
,king7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to establish a military        
training program with the ,government of
 ,mexico in the ,united ,states1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,partnership  
for ,advancing ,regional ,training and  
,narcotics ,enforcement ,response       
,strategies ,act or the ,,partners ,act4
  #b4 ,statement of policy on military  
capacity building and security          
cooperation with the ,government of     
,mexico ,it is the policy of the ,united
 ,states ,government to counter the     
threat posed by transnational criminal  
organizations1 including through        
military capacity building and security 
cooperation with the ,government of     

,mexico4  #c4 ,building the capacity of 
armed forces of ,mexico to counter      
threat posed by transnational criminal  
organizations  7a7 ,pilot program ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination 
with the ,secretary of ,state1 shall    
establish a pilot program to assess the 
feasibility and advisability of building
 the capacity of armed forces of ,mexico
 in the ,united ,states on goals1       
jointly agreed to by the ,governments of
 the ,united ,states and ,mexico1 to    
counter the threat posed by             
transnational criminal organizations1   
including through-- 7#a7 operations     
designed1 at least in part1 by the      
,united ,states1 to counter that threat2
 and  7#b7 in consultation with the     
appropriate civilian government agencies
 specializing in countering             
transnational criminal organizations--  
7,a7 joint network analysis2  7,b7      
counter threat financing2  7,c7 counter 

illicit trafficking 7including          
narcotics1 weapons1 and human           
trafficking1 and illicit trafficking in 
natural resources72 and  7,d7           
assessments of key nodes of activity of 
transnational criminal organizations4   
7b7 ,plan  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall submit to the         
appropriate congressional committees a  
plan for implementing the pilot program 
required by subsection 7a7 over a period
 of five years1 including the costs of  
administering the program during such   
period4  7#b7 ,definition of appropriate
 congressional committees ,in this      
subsection1 the term appropriate        
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 and  
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the
 ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on   
,armed ,services1 the ,committee on     
,foreign ,affairs1 and the ,committee on

 ,appropriations of the ,house of       
,representatives4