1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Partnership for Advancing Regional Training and Narcotics Enforcement Response Strategies Act or the PARTNERS Act . 2. Statement of policy on military capacity building and security cooperation with the Government of Mexico It is the policy of the United States Government to counter the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, including through military capacity building and security cooperation with the Government of Mexico. 3. Building the capacity of armed forces of Mexico to counter threat posed by transnational criminal organizations (a) Pilot program Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall establish a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of building the capacity of armed forces of Mexico in the United States on goals, jointly agreed to by the Governments of the United States and Mexico, to counter the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, including through— (1) operations designed, at least in part, by the United States, to counter that threat; and (2) in consultation with the appropriate civilian government agencies specializing in countering transnational criminal organizations— (A) joint network analysis; (B) counter threat financing; (C) counter illicit trafficking (including narcotics, weapons, and human trafficking, and illicit trafficking in natural resources)