Caribbean Basin Security Initiative

(a) Establishment Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, shall establish a strategy, to be known as the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, in beneficiary countries to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b). (b) Purposes The purposes described in this subsection shall include measures— (1) to promote citizen safety, security, and the rule of law; (2) to counter transnational criminal organizations and local gangs; (3) to advance law enforcement and justice sector capacity building and rule of law initiatives; (4) to promote crime prevention, particularly among at-risk-youth and other vulnerable populations; (5) to strengthen the ability of the security sector to respond to and become more resilient in the face of natural disasters; (6) to prioritize efforts to combat corruption and include anti-corruption components; (7) to counter malign influence from authoritarian regimes, including China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba; and (8) to support the effective branding and messaging of United States security assistance and cooperation in beneficiary countries, including by developing and implementing a public diplomacy strategy for informing citizens of beneficiary countries about the benefits to their respective countries of United States security assistance and cooperation programs. (c) Definition In this section, the term beneficiary countries means— (1) Antigua and Barbuda; (2) the Bahamas; (3) Barbados; (4) Dominica; (5) the Dominican Republic; (6) Grenada; (7) Guyana; (8) Jamaica; (9) Saint Lucia; (10) Saint Kitts and Nevis; (11) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; (12) Suriname; and (13) Trinidad and Tobago. (d) Implementation plan Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan that shall include— (1) a multi-year strategy with timeline and stated objectives for actions to be taken in the countries where the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative applies; (2) a list of anticipated outcomes for the region and for each country; (3) specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative toward accomplishing the outcomes included under this section; and (4) an assessment of steps taken, as of the date on which the strategy is submitted, to increase regional coordination and collaboration between the law enforcement agencies of countries included in the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative and the Haitian National Police, and a framework with benchmarks for increasing such coordination and collaboration, in order to address the urgent security crisis in Haiti. (e) Reporting requirement Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2030, the Secretary to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— (1) the implementation strategy required by subsection (d); and (2) an assessment of progress related to meeting the benchmarks described in subsection (d). (f) Sunset The authority to carry out the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative under this section shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date of enactment of this Act.