Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 885 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 885

To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the 
 designation of the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste, the Cartel de 
    Sinaloa, and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion as foreign 
            terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2025

 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Cloud, Mr. 
    Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
 Arrington, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Donalds, Ms. Van Duyne, 
  Mr. Self, and Mr. Williams of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the 
 designation of the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste, the Cartel de 
    Sinaloa, and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion as foreign 
            terrorist organizations, 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 ``Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CARTELS AS FOREIGN 
              TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that each of 
the drug cartels set forth in subsection (b) meets the criteria for 
designation as a foreign terrorist organization as set forth in section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
    (b) Designation.--The Secretary of State shall designate each of 
the following Mexican drug cartels as a foreign terrorist organization 
under such section 219:
            (1) The Gulf Cartel.
            (2) The Cartel Del Noreste.
            (3) The Cartel de Sinaloa.
            (4) The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
        consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) a detailed report on each of the drug cartels 
                listed in subsection (b) and any other cartels the 
                Secretary may identify, including the criteria met for 
                designation as a foreign terrorist organization as set 
                forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and
                    (B) for each of the cartels designated under 
                subsection (b), if the Secretary determines that the 
                drug cartel does not meet the criteria set forth under 
                such section 219, a detailed justification as to which 
                criteria have not been met.
            (2) Designation of additional cartels.--Not later than 30 
        days after the submission of the report the Secretary shall 
        designate any cartel or any faction thereof as a foreign 
        terrorist organization listed in the report that met the 
        criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization as 
        set forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1189).
            (3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
                include a classified annex; and
                    (B) be made available only in electronic form and 
                shall not be printed, except if a printed copy is 
                requested by an office of the legislative branch.
            (4) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 
                on Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select 
                Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, 
                the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
                Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
                the Senate.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
expand the eligibility for asylum of any alien by reason of the 
designation of a drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization.
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