---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16521"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16521"
heading: "Report on energy integration with Latin America"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16521"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter XVI — Studies"
---

# §16521. Report on energy integration with Latin America


The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate concerning the status of energy export development in Latin America and efforts by the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) and other [departments](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1) and [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) of the United States to promote energy integration with Latin America. The report shall contain a detailed analysis of the status of energy export development in Mexico and a description of all significant efforts by the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) and other [departments](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1) and [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) to promote a constructive relationship with Mexico regarding the development of that nation’s energy capacity. In particular this report shall outline efforts the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) and other [departments](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1) and [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) have made to ensure that regulatory approval and oversight of United States/Mexico border [projects](/usc/42/16371.md?p=12) that result in the expansion of Mexican energy capacity are effectively coordinated across [departments](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1) and with the Mexican government.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title XVIII, § 1807, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1124.)