A bill to authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to enhance the United States- Caribbean security partnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes.
Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to carry out the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative in 13 specified Caribbean countries for fiscal years 2023-2027.
Among the specified purposes for this initiative are (1) promoting citizen safety, security, and rule of law; (2) countering transnational criminal organizations and local gangs; (3) combatting corruption; and (4) countering malign influence from authoritarian regimes.
Additionally, the bill directs the State Department to promote natural disaster response and resilience in the 13 specified Caribbean countries.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49.
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