Transnational Fentanyl Prevention Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6767 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6767

To require the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to submit to 
   Congress an intelligence assessment on the Sinaloa Cartel and the 
                Jalisco Cartel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2023

Ms. Spanberger (for herself and Mr. Crenshaw) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to submit to 
   Congress an intelligence assessment on the Sinaloa Cartel and the 
                Jalisco Cartel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transnational Fentanyl Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF SINALOA 
              CARTEL AND JALISCO CARTEL.

    (a) Assessment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in 
consultation with the heads of the other elements of the intelligence 
community that the Director determines appropriate, shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress an intelligence assessment on the 
transnational criminal organizations known as the Sinaloa Cartel and 
the Jalisco Cartel.
    (b) Elements.--The intelligence assessment under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to each transnational criminal organization 
specified in such subsection, a description of the following:
            (1) The key leaders, organizational structure, subgroups, 
        presence in the states within Mexico, and cross-border illicit 
        drug smuggling routes of the transnational criminal 
        organization.
            (2) The practices used by the transnational criminal 
        organization to import the chemicals used to make synthetic 
        drugs, to produce such drugs, and to smuggle such drugs across 
        the border into the United States.
            (3) The main suppliers and the main brokers that supply the 
        transnational criminal organization with precursor chemicals 
        and equipment used in the production of synthetic drugs.
            (4) The manner in which the transnational criminal 
        organization is tailoring the fentanyl products of such 
        organization to attract a wider variety of United States 
        consumers, including unwitting users.
            (5) The degree to which the transnational criminal 
        organization is using human and technical operations to 
        undermine counternarcotics efforts by United States and Mexican 
        security services.
            (6) An estimate of the annual revenue received by the 
        transnational criminal organization from the sale of illicit 
        drugs, disaggregated by drug type.
            (7) Any other information the Director of the Central 
        Intelligence Agency determines relevant.
    (c) Form.--The intelligence assessment under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in classified form.
    (d) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the congressional intelligence committees;
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
        Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
        Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives.
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