Introduced the United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act , which seeks to prioritize and expand educational and professional exchange programs with Mexico—Texas’ most valuable trading partner—to bolster our mutual economic interests.
Support prioritizing and expanding educational and professional exchange programs with Mexico to strengthen bilateral economic interests.
Occurrences
Evidence
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (Introduced 02/27/2019). CRS summary: This bill directs the Department of State to develop a strategy to enhance economic cooperation and expand professional and educational exchange programs between the United States and Mexico.
Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill. The text states U.S. policy is to continue deepening economic cooperation with Mexico and to seek to prioritize and expand educational and professional exchange programs with Mexico, including through 100,000 Strong in the Americas.
H.R.133 became Public Law No: 116-260 on 12/27/2020. Congress.gov summary of Division FF states that it requires the State Department to develop a strategy to prioritize and expand educational and professional exchange programs with Mexico.
Congress.gov lists United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act among the enacted short titles in H.R.133 and lists the original official title as: To promote economic partnership and cooperation between the United States and Mexico.
Assessments
Cornyn directly sponsored S.587 in the 116th Congress, which matched the promise by directing the State Department to prioritize and expand educational and professional exchange programs with Mexico as part of broader U.S.-Mexico economic cooperation. The same policy was later incorporated into H.R.133 and enacted as Public Law 116-260 on December 27, 2020, before the end of Cornyn's 2015-2021 Senate term, so it counts as delivered in the same term with clear candidate credit.