Sec. 1275. REPORT ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SECURITY COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WITH MEXICO

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## SEC. 1275 REPORT ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SECURITY COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WITH MEXICO ###

(a)Report Required Not later than July 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States Government programs relating to security cooperation with and assistance to Mexico. ###

(b)Elements The report required under subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)A description of United States national security interests in Mexico. ####

(2)A description of the security environment in Mexico, including descriptions of the threats to United States interests posed by violence related to drug trafficking and cartel activity. ####

(3)A description of all United States security cooperation and assistance programs in Mexico, including descriptions of the purpose, objectives, and type of training, equipment, or assistance provided, the lead agency with responsibility for each such program, and how such programs advance the nationals security interests of the United States. ####

(4)A description of the cost, scope, size, and components of such programs for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, including for each such program the following: #####

(A)The purpose and objectives of the program. #####

(B)The authority or authorities under which the program is conducted. #####

(C)The types of units receiving assistance, including components of the Mexican Armed Forces, national police, gendarmerie, counternarcotics police, counterterrorism police, Formed Police Units, border security, and customs. #####

(D)The funding and personnel levels for the program in each such fiscal year, future year costs, including sustainment costs, over the next five fiscal years, and any required increases of capacity to support the program, as appropriate. #####

(E)The extent to which the program is implemented by contractors or United States Government personnel. #####

(F)The metrics for assessing the effectiveness of such training, equipment, or assistance provided. ####

(5)An evaluation of the appropriate role of United States Government departments and agencies in carrying out and coordinating such programs. ####

(6)An evaluation of the appropriate role of contractors in carrying out such programs, and what modifications, if any, are needed to improve oversight of such contractors. ####

(7)Any other matters determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the congressional defense committees; and ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.