; and (5) the number of in absentia orders of removal issued to aliens identified under paragraph (1) at final merits hearings, including the number of such aliens represented by counsel. 4. Negotiations by secretary of state to disincentivize unlawful immigration (a) Authorization To negotiate The Secretary of State shall seek to negotiate agreements, accords, and memoranda of understanding between the United States, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and other countries in the Western Hemisphere with respect to cooperation and burden sharing required for effective regional immigration enforcement, detention, and repatriation of foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States unlawfully. (b) DHS enforcement The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize the expeditious execution, within the legal jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security, of any agreements reached under subsection (a). (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (b). 5. Appropriations for Executive Office of Immigration Review adjudicatory capacity (a) In general Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Attorney General shall expeditiously improve adjudicatory capacity at the Executive Office for Immigration Review and hire not less than 150 additional immigration judges and support staff to increase adjudications. (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of hiring additional judges and support staff as required under subsection (a). (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. (d) Definition In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives