US Congress House Bill 1567 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Engrossed on November 28 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-28 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act This bill declares that it shall be U.S. policy to increase U.S.-Mexico academic exchanges at the secondary, post-secondary, and post-graduate levels. The United States and Mexico should seek to contribute to doubling the number of students studying in each other's country within five years. Priority should be given to strengthening ties between communities and academic institutions in those portions of the United States and Mexico that are within 100 kilometers of the international boundary between those countries. The President shall develop a plan to implement policies and programs that support cooperation, training, and mentoring of entrepreneurs. Such policies and programs should seek to provide not less than 100 grants of not more than $25,000 each for program participants to better leverage participation by the private sector. The President shall develop a plan to implement policies and programs that promote U.S.-Mexico energy infrastructure coordination and cooperation through support of vocational-level education, internships, and exchanges between the two countries. Such policies and programs should seek to provide education, internships, and exchanges for at least 1,000 program participants. The President shall develop a plan to implement a pilot program to develop a pipeline between undergraduate colleges and universities in the United States and medical school programs in Mexico. Such program should be utilized to prepare medical students to become doctors who can pass U.S. medical licensing board exams. The pilot program should seek to increase the number of bilingual medical professionals in a cost-effective manner who can practice in U.S. underserved communities.

United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act

Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-28	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2018-11-27	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-11-27	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9591)
2018-11-27	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1567.
2018-11-27	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9591-9593)
2018-11-27	House	Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2018-09-27	House	Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
2018-09-27	House	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2018-09-27	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
2017-03-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2017-03-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1567/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1567/BILLS-115hr1567ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1567/BILLS-115hr1567eh.pdf