,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bc1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,mr4 
,king7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to build the capacity of the   
,armed ,forces of ,mexico to counter the
 threat posed by transnational criminal 
organizations1 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 ,building  
the capacity of the ,armed ,forces of   
,mexico to counter the threat posed by  
transnational criminal organizations    
7a7 ,statement of policy ,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  7b7 ,plan  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,defense1 in consultation 
with the ,secretary of ,state and with  
the agreement of the ,government of     
,mexico1 shall submit to the appropriate
 congressional committees a plan for a  
pilot program under which the ,armed    
,forces of ,mexico and the ,united      
,states ,armed ,forces will train       
jointly in the ,united ,states on       
tactics1 techniques1 and procedures for 
countering the threat posed by          
transnational criminal organizations1   
including through-- 7#a7 operations     
involving the use of rotary-wing        
aircraft2 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   
7c7 ,implementation ,not later than #ae 
days after the date on which the plan   
required by subsection 7b7 is submitted 
under such subsection1 the ,secretary of
 ,defense shall begin implementing the  
pilot program described in the plan4    
7d7 ,definition of appropriate          
congressional committees ,in this       
section1 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