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This bill, the Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2023, requires the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to jointly submit a multi-year security strategy for the Western Hemisphere. The strategy aims to enhance diplomatic engagement, security assistance, and cooperation to promote regional security and stability and advance U.S. strategic interests in the region. Key elements of the strategy include increasing security assistance, building partner capacity, countering malign influence from state actors, disrupting transnational illicit trafficking, and providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. The bill also requires a report on efforts by the Maduro regime in Venezuela to detain U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, and provides for technical assistance to partner countries in the region to address national security concerns related to strategic investments by adversarial countries.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1519/all-info