PARTNERS Act

It is the policy of the United States Government to counter the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, including through military capacity building and security cooperation with the Government of Mexico.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and with the agreement of the Government of Mexico, 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 tactics, techniques, and procedures for countering the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, including through—

(1) operations involving the use of rotary-wing aircraft; and

(2) in consultation with the appropriate civilian government agencies specializing in countering transnational criminal organizations—

(A) joint network analysis;

(B) counter threat financing;

(C) counter illicit trafficking (including narcotics, weapons, and human trafficking, and illicit trafficking in natural resources); and

(D) assessments of key nodes of activity of transnational criminal organizations.

Not later than 15 days after the date on which the plan required by subsection (b) is submitted under such subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall begin implementing the pilot program described in the plan.

In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means—

(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.