Sec. 1904. STRATEGY TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPAND EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH MEXICO

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## SEC. 1904 STRATEGY TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPAND EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH MEXICO ###

(a)In General The Secretary of State shall develop a strategy to carry out the policy described in section 1903, to include prioritizing and expanding educational and professional exchange programs with Mexico through frameworks such as those referred to in section 1903(2). ###

(b)Elements The strategy required under subsection

(a)shall— ####

(1)encourage more academic exchanges between the United States and Mexico at the secondary, post-secondary, and post-graduate levels; ####

(2)encourage United States and Mexican academic institutions and businesses to collaborate to assist prospective and developing entrepreneurs in strengthening their business skills and promoting cooperation and joint business initiatives across the United States and Mexico; ####

(3)promote energy infrastructure coordination and cooperation through support of vocational-level education, internships, and exchanges between the United States and Mexico; and ####

(4)assess the feasibility of fostering partnerships between universities in the United States and medical school and nursing programs in Mexico to ensure that medical school and nursing programs in Mexico have comparable accreditation standards as medical school and nursing programs in the United States by the Accreditation and Standards in Foreign Medical Education, in addition to the Accreditation Commission For Education in Nursing, so that medical students can pass medical licensing board exams, and nursing students can pass nursing licensing exams, in the United States. ###

(c)Briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding the strategy required under subsection (a).