Review of Mexico and United States bilateral cooperation

(a) Plan To reestablish bilateral security meetings Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan and timeline to reestablish regular bilateral security meetings between appropriate high-level and working-level officials of the Governments of the United States and Mexico that serve as a forum to align and reconcile priorities between the United States and Mexico and to periodically assess progress for bilateral cooperation. The plan shall include possible areas of cooperation at the Federal, State, and local levels with United States goals for assistance. (b) Comprehensive review Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit a report to appropriate congressional committees that— (1) provides a review of programs, projects, and activities implemented as part of either the Merida Initiative or The Bicentennial Framework; and (2) includes— (A) evaluations, assessments, or other analyses, as appropriate; (B) successes, challenges, and lessons learned in achieving program outcomes and United States policy goals; (C) recommendations to change investment levels in specific projects; and (D) to the extent practicable, an assessment of the effect, if any, of Mexico’s Foreign Agents law on bilateral security cooperation with the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Department of Justice.