1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Beneficiary countries (A) In general The term beneficiary countries means— (i) Antigua and Barbuda; (ii) the Bahamas; (iii) Barbados; (iv) Dominica; (v) the Dominican Republic; (vi) Grenada; (vii) Guyana; (viii) Jamaica; (ix) Saint Lucia; (x) Saint Kitts and Nevis,; (xi) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; (xii) Suriname; and (xiii) Trinidad and Tobago. (B) Updates The President or the Secretary of State may add or remove one or more countries from the list under subparagraph (A) upon written notification to the appropriate congressional committees. 3. Authorization for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (a) Authorization for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development may carry out an initiative, to be known as the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative , in beneficiary countries to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b). (b) Purposes The purposes described in this subsection are the following: (1) To promote citizen safety, security, and the rule of law in the Caribbean through increased strategic engagement with— (A) the governments of beneficiary countries; and (B) elements of local civil society, including the private sector, in such countries. (2) To counter transnational criminal organizations and local gangs in beneficiary countries, including through— (A) maritime and aerial security cooperation, including— (i) assistance to strengthen capabilities of maritime and aerial interdiction operations in the Caribbean