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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5	4		STSESSION H. R. 1690
6		-	[Report No. 118–46, Part I]
7	5		To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration
8	6		agreements, and for other purposes.
9	7		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	8		MARCH22, 2023
11	9		Mr. M
12	10		CCAULintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
13	11		mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
14	12		ciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
15	13		case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
16	14		the committee concerned
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18		-	AY5, 2023
19		-	Additional sponsors: Mrs. W
20		-	AGNER, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. SELF, Mrs.
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22		-	ADEWAGEN, Mr. MILLS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. KIMof Cali-
23		-	fornia, Mr. M
24		-	AST, Mr. SMITHof New Jersey, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. SALAZAR,
25		-	Mr. W
26		-	ILSONof South Carolina, Mr. GREENof Tennessee, Mr. BARR, Mr.
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28		-	UIZENGA, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. KEANof New Jersey
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30		-	AY5, 2023
31		-	Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment
32		-	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
33		-	MAY5, 2023
34		-	Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the
35		-	Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
36		-	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 22, 2023]
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40	15		A BILL
41	16		To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional
42	17		immigration agreements, and for other purposes.
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46	18		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
47	19		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
48	20		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
49		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Orderly Requirements 4
50		-	Designed to Enforce and Regulate Latin American Migra-5
51		-	tion Act’’ or the ‘‘ORDER Act’’. 6
52		-	SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WESTERN 7
53		-	HEMISPHERE COOPERATION ON IMMIGRA-8
54		-	TION AND ASYLUM. 9
55		-	It is the policy of the United States to enter into agree-10
56		-	ments, accords, and memoranda of understanding with sov-11
57		-	ereign countries in the Western Hemisphere, the purposes 12
58		-	of which are to advance the interests of the United States 13
59		-	by reducing costs associated with illegal immigration and 14
60		-	to protect the human capital, societal traditions, and eco-15
61		-	nomic growth of other sovereign nations in the Western 16
62		-	Hemisphere. It is further the policy of the United States 17
63		-	to ensure that humanitarian and development assistance 18
64		-	funding aimed at reducing illegal immigration is not ex-19
65		-	pended on programs that have not proven to reduce illegal 20
66		-	immigrant flows in the aggregate. 21
67		-	SEC. 3. NEGOTIATIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE. 22
	21	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regional Immigration 4
	22	+	Diplomacy and Enforcement Act’’ or the ‘‘RIDE Act’’. 5
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	26	+	SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WESTERN 1
	27	+	HEMISPHERE COOPERATION ON IMMIGRA-2
	28	+	TION AND ASYLUM. 3
	29	+	It is the policy of the United States to enter into 4
	30	+	agreements, accords, and memoranda of understanding 5
	31	+	with sovereign countries in the Western Hemisphere, the 6
	32	+	purposes of which are to advance the interests of the 7
	33	+	United States by reducing costs associated with illegal im-8
	34	+	migration and to protect the human capital, societal tradi-9
	35	+	tions, and economic growth of other sovereign nations in 10
	36	+	the Western Hemisphere. It is further the policy of the 11
	37	+	United States to ensure that humanitarian and develop-12
	38	+	ment assistance funding aimed at reducing illegal immi-13
	39	+	gration is not expended on programs that have not proven 14
	40	+	to reduce illegal immigrant flows in the aggregate. 15
	41	+	SEC. 3. NEGOTIATIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE. 16
68	42		(a) A
69		-	UTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE.—The Secretary 23
70		-	of State shall seek to negotiate agreements, accords, and 24
71		-	memoranda of understanding between the United States, 25
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	43	+	UTHORIZATIONTONEGOTIATE.—The Secretary 17
	44	+	of State shall seek to negotiate agreements, accords, and 18
	45	+	memoranda of understanding between the United States, 19
	46	+	Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and other 20
	47	+	countries in the Western Hemisphere with respect to co-21
	48	+	operation and burden sharing required for effective re-22
	49	+	gional immigration enforcement, expediting legal claims by 23
	50	+	aliens for asylum, and the processing, detention, and repa-24
	51	+	triation of foreign nationals seeking to enter the United 25
	52	+	States unlawfully. Such agreements shall be designed to 26
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	56	+	facilitate a regional approach to immigration enforcement 1
	57	+	and shall, at a minimum, provide that— 2
	58	+	(1) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac-3
	59	+	cept the rapid entrance into Mexico of nationals of 4
	60	+	countries other than Mexico who seek asylum in 5
	61	+	Mexico, and process the asylum claims of such na-6
	62	+	tionals inside Mexico, in accordance with both do-7
	63	+	mestic law and international treaties and conven-8
	64	+	tions governing the processing of asylum claims; 9
	65	+	(2) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac-10
	66	+	cept both the rapid entrance into Mexico of all na-11
	67	+	tionals of countries other than Mexico who are ineli-12
	68	+	gible for asylum in Mexico and wish to apply for 13
	69	+	asylum in the United States, whether or not at a 14
	70	+	port of entry, and the continued presence of such 15
	71	+	nationals in Mexico while they wait for the adjudica-16
	72	+	tion of their asylum claims to conclude in the United 17
	73	+	States; 18
	74	+	(3) the Government of Mexico commit to pro-19
	75	+	vide the individuals described in paragraphs (1) and 20
	76	+	(2) with appropriate humanitarian protections; 21
	77	+	(4) the Government of Honduras, the Govern-22
	78	+	ment of El Salvador, and the Government of Guate-23
	79	+	mala each authorize and accept the entrance into 24
	80	+	the respective countries of nationals of other coun-25
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75		-	Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and other 1
76		-	countries in the Western Hemisphere with respect to co-2
77		-	operation and burden sharing required for effective regional 3
78		-	immigration enforcement, expediting legal claims by aliens 4
79		-	for asylum, and the processing, detention, and repatriation 5
80		-	of foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States un-6
81		-	lawfully. Such agreements shall be designed to facilitate a 7
82		-	regional approach to immigration enforcement and shall, 8
83		-	at a minimum, provide that— 9
84		-	(1) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac-10
85		-	cept the rapid entrance into Mexico of nationals of 11
86		-	countries other than Mexico who seek asylum in Mex-12
87		-	ico, and process the asylum claims of such nationals 13
88		-	inside Mexico, in accordance with both domestic law 14
89		-	and international treaties and conventions governing 15
90		-	the processing of asylum claims; 16
91		-	(2) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac-17
92		-	cept both the rapid entrance into Mexico of all na-18
93		-	tionals of countries other than Mexico who are ineli-19
94		-	gible for asylum in Mexico and wish to apply for asy-20
95		-	lum in the United States, whether or not at a port 21
96		-	of entry, and the continued presence of such nationals 22
97		-	in Mexico while they wait for the adjudication of 23
98		-	their asylum claims to conclude in the United States; 24
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	84	+	tries seeking asylum in the applicable such country 1
	85	+	and process such claims in accordance with applica-2
	86	+	ble domestic law and international treaties and con-3
	87	+	ventions governing the processing of asylum claims; 4
	88	+	(5) the Government of the United States com-5
	89	+	mit to work to accelerate the adjudication of asylum 6
	90	+	claims and to conclude removal proceedings in the 7
	91	+	wake of asylum adjudications as expeditiously as 8
	92	+	possible; 9
	93	+	(6) the Government of the United States com-10
	94	+	mit to continue to assist the governments of coun-11
	95	+	tries in the Western Hemisphere, such as the Gov-12
	96	+	ernment of Honduras, the Government of El Sal-13
	97	+	vador, and the Government of Guatemala, by sup-14
	98	+	porting the enhancement of asylum capacity in those 15
	99	+	countries; and 16
	100	+	(7) the Government of United States commit to 17
	101	+	monitoring developments in hemispheric immigration 18
	102	+	trends and regional asylum capabilities to determine 19
	103	+	whether additional asylum cooperation agreements 20
	104	+	are warranted. 21
	105	+	(b) N
	106	+	OTIFICATION INACCORDANCEWITHCASE-ZA-22
	107	+	BLOCKIACT.—The Secretary of State shall, in accordance 23
	108	+	with section 112b of title 1, United States Code, promptly 24
	109	+	inform the relevant congressional committees of all agree-25
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102		-	(3) the Government of Mexico commit to provide 1
103		-	the individuals described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 2
104		-	with appropriate humanitarian protections; 3
105		-	(4) the Government of Honduras, the Govern-4
106		-	ment of El Salvador, and the Government of Guate-5
107		-	mala each authorize and accept the entrance into the 6
108		-	respective countries of nationals of other countries 7
109		-	seeking asylum in the applicable such country and 8
110		-	process such claims in accordance with applicable do-9
111		-	mestic law and international treaties and conventions 10
112		-	governing the processing of asylum claims; 11
113		-	(5) the Government of the United States commit 12
114		-	to work to accelerate the adjudication of asylum 13
115		-	claims and to conclude removal proceedings in the 14
116		-	wake of asylum adjudications as expeditiously as pos-15
117		-	sible; 16
118		-	(6) the Government of the United States commit 17
119		-	to continue to assist the governments of countries in 18
120		-	the Western Hemisphere, such as the Government of 19
121		-	Honduras, the Government of El Salvador, and the 20
122		-	Government of Guatemala, by supporting the en-21
123		-	hancement of asylum capacity in those countries; and 22
124		-	(7) the Government of the United States commit 23
125		-	to monitoring developments in hemispheric immigra-24
126		-	tion trends and regional asylum capabilities to deter-25
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	113	+	ments entered into pursuant to subsection (a). Such notifi-1
	114	+	cations shall be submitted not later than 48 hours after 2
	115	+	such agreements are signed. 3
	116	+	SEC. 4. MANDATORY BRIEFING ON UNITED STATES EF-4
	117	+	FORTS TO ADDRESS THE BORDER CRISIS. 5
	118	+	The Secretary of State or the Secretary’s designee 6
	119	+	shall, not less frequently than every 90 days, brief the rel-7
	120	+	evant congressional committees in person on efforts under-8
	121	+	taken pursuant to the negotiation authority provided by 9
	122	+	section 4 to monitor, deter, and prevent illegal immigra-10
	123	+	tion to the United States, including by entering into agree-11
	124	+	ments, accords, and memoranda of understanding with 12
	125	+	foreign countries and by using United States foreign as-13
	126	+	sistance to allegedly stem the root causes of migration in 14
	127	+	the Western Hemisphere. 15
	128	+	SEC. 5. FEASIBILITY STUDY AND STRATEGY FOR OPENING 16
	129	+	AN INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 17
	130	+	CENTER IN SOUTHERN MEXICO. 18
	131	+	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-19
	132	+	ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through 20
	133	+	the Director of the Bureau of Overseas Building Oper-21
	134	+	ations in conjunction with the Assistant Secretary of State 22
	135	+	for Western Hemisphere Affairs and the Ambassador to 23
	136	+	Mexico, in consultation with interagency partners and ap-24
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130		-	mine whether additional asylum cooperation agree-1
131		-	ments are warranted. 2
132		-	(b) N
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134		-	BLOCKIACT.—The Secretary of State shall, in accordance 4
135		-	with section 112b of title 1, United States Code, promptly 5
136		-	inform the relevant congressional committees of each agree-6
137		-	ment entered into pursuant to subsection (a). Such notifica-7
138		-	tions shall be submitted not later than 48 hours after such 8
139		-	agreements are signed. 9
140		-	(c) A
141		-	LIENDEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘alien’’ 10
142		-	has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Im-11
143		-	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 12
144		-	SEC. 4. MANDATORY BRIEFINGS ON UNITED STATES EF-13
145		-	FORTS TO ADDRESS THE BORDER CRISIS. 14
146		-	(a) B
147		-	RIEFINGREQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 15
148		-	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre-16
149		-	quently than once every 90 days thereafter until the date 17
150		-	described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State, or the 18
151		-	designee of the Secretary of State, shall provide to the ap-19
152		-	propriate congressional committees an in-person briefing on 20
153		-	efforts undertaken pursuant to the negotiation authority 21
154		-	provided by section 3 to monitor, deter, and prevent illegal 22
155		-	immigration to the United States, including by entering 23
156		-	into agreements, accords, and memoranda of understanding 24
157		-	with foreign countries and by using United States foreign 25
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161		-	assistance to stem the root causes of migration in the West-1
162		-	ern Hemisphere. 2
163		-	(b) T
164		-	ERMINATION OF MANDATORYBRIEFING.—The 3
165		-	date described in this subsection is the date on which the 4
166		-	Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other 5
167		-	relevant Federal departments and agencies, determines and 6
168		-	certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 7
169		-	illegal immigration flows have subsided to a manageable 8
170		-	rate. 9
171		-	(c) A
172		-	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-10
173		-	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-11
174		-	sional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs 12
175		-	of the House of Representatives and the Committee on For-13
176		-	eign Relations of the Senate. 14
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180		-	118
181		-	TH
182		-	CONGRESS
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184		-	ST
185		-	S
186		-	ESSION
187		-
188		-	H. R. 1690
189		-	[Report No. 118–46, Part I]
190		-	A BILL
191		-	To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate re-
192		-	gional immigration agreements, and for other
193		-	purposes.
194		-	M
195		-	AY
196		-	5, 2023
197		-	Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an
198		-	amendment
199		-	M
200		-	AY
201		-	5, 2023
202		-	Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the
203		-	Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
204		-	Union and ordered to be printed
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	140	+	propriate counterparts of the Government of Mexico, 1
	141	+	shall— 2
	142	+	(1) conduct a feasibility study of opening a 3
	143	+	multi-purpose United States International Law En-4
	144	+	forcement Center in southern Mexico to assist in 5
	145	+	United States efforts to facilitate cooperation to 6
	146	+	combat transnational organized crime and drug traf-7
	147	+	ficking organizations, as well as to reduce illegal im-8
	148	+	migration without processing any immigration re-9
	149	+	lated benefits to the United States; and 10
	150	+	(2) submit to the relevant congressional com-11
	151	+	mittees a strategy, including a timeline and expected 12
	152	+	costs, for opening such a Center, incorporating the 13
	153	+	results of the feasibility study. 14
	154	+	SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 15
	155	+	In this Act: 16
	156	+	(1) A
	157	+	LIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 17
	158	+	given such term in section 101 of the Immigration 18
	159	+	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 19
	160	+	(2) R
	161	+	ELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -20
	162	+	TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-21
	163	+	tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 22
	164	+	the House of Representatives and the Committee on 23
	165	+	Foreign Relations of the Senate. 24
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