WASHINGTON — Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has passed two bills through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that would require the State Department to develop a strategy to dismantle the Mexican drug cartels and support Taiwan’s participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

These are the first two bills authored by McCormick to be adopted by a Senate committee.

“I will always work to protect the economic and national security interests of Pennsylvanians,” McCormick said. “These bills will strengthen our national security, stop the scourge of fentanyl from coming into American communities, and counter China’s pernicious influence. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee to continue advancing them through the legislative process.”

McCormick introduced S. 1780, the Mexico Security Assistance Accountability Act, with Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., on May 15. This bill would require the State Department to develop a strategy for U.S. security assistance in Mexico to dismantle the cartels, increase the capacity of Mexico’s military and public security institutions to degrade the cartels, and combat public corruption and impunity.

On May 22, McCormick introduced S. 1900, the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act, with Senators Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Dan Sullivan, R-Ark., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich. This bill would require the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to support the admission of Taiwan as a member of the IMF, to the extent that admission is sought by Taiwan. Taiwan is the 21st largest economy in the world and the 10th largest goods trading partner of the United States, yet it is not one of the 191 members of the IMF.