Sec. 3. Modification of Trade Enforcement Trust Fund
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(b)of section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4405 ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking $15,000,000 and inserting $90,000,000 ; and in paragraph (2), by striking $30,000,000 and inserting $105,000,000 . Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— by striking relevant subordinate bodies of the TPC and inserting , relevant subordinate bodies of the TPC, and other Federal agencies as required by law ; and by striking , only as provided by appropriations Acts, . Subsection
(d)of such section is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (3); and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: Not less than $59,400,000 of the amount transferred to the Trust Fund under subsection (b)(1) each fiscal year shall be used by the Department of Labor as follows: For the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs at the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor— not less than $35,000,000— to monitor the enforcement by Mexico of obligations under a free trade agreement between Mexico and the United States, including laws and practices related to the implementation by Mexico of labor laws that relate to the labor obligations in the agreement; to conduct capacity building, provide technical assistance, and promote the use of digital technologies to assist Mexico with enforcement of those labor laws; to assist Mexico in making available online and in an easily accessible format all current collective bargaining agreements in Federal and local jurisdictions in Mexico; to inspect facilities in Mexico to determine whether those facilities are complying with those labor laws; to cooperate with Canada, the International Labour Organization, and international financial institutions with respect to monitoring the labor obligations in the agreement that apply to Mexico; in coordination with nongovernmental organizations that have a history of working with independent labor unions on labor rights advocacy, to fund programs to improve working conditions, educate workers about labor rights, and strengthen the capacity of independent workers’ organizations in Mexico; and to support a long-term commitment by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs to promote sustainable, independent worker organizations in Mexico; and not less than $2,100,000 to provide for 12 full-time equivalent personnel to monitor, report on, and assist with the implementation by Mexico of labor law that relate to the labor obligations in the agreement. For the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking at the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor— not less than $20,000,000— to combat child labor and forced labor in Mexico and to report on the prevalence of child labor and forced labor in Mexico; and to support technical assistance and cooperation efforts to combat child labor and forced labor in Mexico; and not less than $1,400,000 to provide for 8 full-time equivalent personnel to research, monitor, and report on the effective enforcement by Mexico of its child labor laws and forced labor laws. Not less than $900,000 to provide for 3 permanent Labor Attachés at the United States Embassy in Mexico or consulates of the United States in Mexico to monitor, report on, and assist with the implementation by Mexico of labor laws that relate to the labor obligations in the agreement, including one attaché to monitor, report on, and assist with efforts to combat child labor in Mexico. Not less than $15,600,000 of the amount transferred to the Trust Fund under subsection (b)(1) each fiscal year shall be used by the United States Agency for International Development as follows: To monitor anti-corruption obligations and obligations intended to promote the rule of law in a free trade agreement between Mexico and the United States and to provide capacity building, technical assistance, and judicial and legal training related to that monitoring. To conduct capacity building and provide technical assistance to assist Mexico with enforcement of labor laws that relate to the labor obligations in the agreement. Amounts may be expended under subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)through the award of grants to nongovernmental organizations. Not less frequently than biannually, the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Trade Representative, and the Secretary of State shall meet to discuss the status of labor commitments under a free trade agreement between Mexico and the United States and the coordination of activities and assistance under subparagraphs
(A)and (B). Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall each submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and make available to the public a report on— how amounts described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)were spent and what outcomes were achieved during the year covered by the report; and proposed future allocations and priorities for those amounts. The Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall include in each report submitted under clause
(i)an assessment of the effectiveness of past expenditures and proposed future allocations in achieving the goals described in subparagraphs
(A)and (B). . Subsection
(e)of such section is amended— in the subsection heading by striking and inserting Report ; Reports by striking Not and inserting
(1); and Report on actions taken with respect to agreements .—Not by adding at the end the following: Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019 , and annually thereafter, the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Federal agencies represented on the TPC, shall submit to Congress a report on the actions taken under subsection
(d)during the year covered by the report. . Increased funding for efforts relating to trade enforcement, trade capacity building, and foreign assistance efforts pursuant to the amendments made by this section shall supplement, not supplant, existing funding for those efforts.
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