Urging the President to increase efforts under the Third Border Initiative (TBI) to deepen cooperation and collaboration with Caribbean nations.
Latest action · Sep 25, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- IntroducedSep 25, 2008
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Recognizes the significance of the Caribbean as an important U.S. partner.
Supports the Third Border Initiative (TBI) which is designed to enhance diplomatic, economic, health, education, disaster preparedness and law enforcement cooperation.
Urges: (1) the U.S. and Caribbean governments to continue cooperative efforts to eliminate terrorist threats to hemispheric security; (2) the President to stem the decline in TBI funding levels; and (3) the Secretary of State to provide clear information to Congress in the Department of State's annual Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations on requested TBI projects and amounts.
Cosponsors
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Actions 2
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- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in House
- Sep 25, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Caribbean area
- Congressional oversight
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Foreign aid and international relief
- HIV/AIDS
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Natural disasters
- Terrorism
- World health
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- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in House
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