REPORT REGARDING JOINT TRAINING WITH MEXICO TO COUNTER TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS.

SEC. 1274. REPORT REGARDING JOINT TRAINING WITH MEXICO TO COUNTER TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. (a) Report Required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Government of Mexico, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) details activities taking place pursuant to existing authorities of the Department of Defense with respect to joint training between the Department of Defense and the armed forces of Mexico regarding tactics, techniques, and procedures for countering the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations; (2) includes recommendations for future additional activities with respect to the joint training described in paragraph (1); and (3) may include, as appropriate and in consultation with the appropriate civilian United States Government agencies specializing in countering transnational criminal organizations, a list of recommendations for additional activities to counter the threat of transnational criminal organizations, including— (A) joint network analysis; (B) counter threat financing; (C) counter illicit trafficking (including narcotics, weapons, and human trafficking, and illicit trafficking in natural resources); (D) assessments of key nodes of activity of transnational criminal organizations; and (E) operations involving the use of rotary-wing aircraft. (b) Recommended Activities Limitation.—Any recommendation for an additional activity that is included in a report required in subsection (a) shall be in addition to, and may not be intended to supersede, replace, or disrupt, existing security cooperation or training between the United States and the Government of Mexico. (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.