COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE ON

HOMELAND SECURITY I AGRICULTURE
SUBCOMMITTEE: SUECOMMIJIEE:

BORDER AND MARITIME SECURITY

RANKING MEMBER RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH.
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BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE

WASHINGTON OFFICE DEMOCRATIC STEERING AND
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WASHINGTON. DC 20515

P?Eil?Fsz??i?fii?igli?? HENRY CUELL AR

US. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENIOR WHIP
April 22, 2013
The Honorable Kay Granger The Honorable Nita Lowey
Chairman Ranking Member
Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Related Programs
US. House of Representatives US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 2051

Dear Chairman Kay Granger and Ranking Member Nita Lowey:

As you begin work on the ?scal year 2014 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations bill, I urge you to fund the Economic Support Fund, Western Hemisphere, Mexico
program at a level of$l35,000,000.

Adequate funding for the ESF Western Hemisphere Mexico program is essential to promote an economic
partnership between the United States and Mexico. This funding should be used to enhance a system of
commerce that moves people and goods between the United States and Mexico far more quickly and
ef?ciently than the present arrangement but that also enhances the security of both nations.

At a ?scal year 2014 funding level of $135,000,000 the program will be able to provide improvements
that would enhance trade through land ports of entry with a priority at land ports of entry that carry the
highest volume of trade. This should be accomplished through programs such as the expanded trusted
traveler (SENTRI) and shipper programs and for the construction of
such dedicated lanes where traf?c will be segregated for such programs, equipment for Mexican of?cers
at the ports of entry for communication directly and instantaneously with their United States counterparts,
and non?intrusive inspection technologies that reduce wait times without jeopardizing security.

I urge you to support this funding level for the ESF Western Hemisphere Mexico program. Thank you for
your consideration of my request.

Sincerely,

 

U.S. Con essman
Texas, District 28

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