No, it's not just you...
S.853br> North American Cooperative Security Act (Introduced in Senate)
SEC. 5. IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF MEXICO'S SOUTHERN BORDER.
And here's SEC. 6. (which I did NOT SEE in the House Bill, also):
SEC. 6. NORTH AMERICAN DEFENSE INSTITUTIONS.
(a) In General- The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall examine the feasibility of-- (1) strengthening institutions for consultations on defense issues among the United States, Mexico, and Canada, specifically through-- (A) the Joint Interagency Task Force South; (B) the Permanent Joint Board on Defense; (C) joint-staff talks; and (D) senior Army border talks; (2) proposing mechanisms to reach agreements with the Government of Canada or Mexico regarding contingency plans for responding to threats along the international borders of the United States; (3) in consultation with the Governments of Canada and Mexico, and with input from the United States Northern Command-- (A) developing bilateral and trilateral capabilities and coordination mechanisms to address common threats along shared borders; and (B) work together to clearly define the term 'threats' to only encompass military or defense-related threats, rather than other threats to homeland security; (4) offering technical support to willing regional parties to maintain air space security, including consultation mechanisms with the Joint Interagency Task Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, to improve security in the North American and Central American space; and (5) proposing mechanisms to strengthen communication information and intelligence sharing on defense issues among the United States, Mexico, and Canada.