PARTNERS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3051 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3051

  To build the capacity of the Armed Forces of Mexico to counter the 
  threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 23, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To build the capacity of the Armed Forces of Mexico to counter the 
  threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Partnership for Advancing Regional 
Training and Narcotics Enforcement Response Strategies Act'' or the 
``PARTNERS Act''.

SEC. 2. BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF MEXICO TO COUNTER 
              THE THREAT POSED BY TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--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.
    (b) Plan.--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.
    (c) Implementation.--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.
    (d) Definition of Appropriate Congressional Committees.--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.
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