| 40 | | - | SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 41 | | - | InthisAct: 7 |
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| 42 | | - | (1)APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-8 |
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| 43 | | - | TEES.—Theterm‘‘appropriatecongressionalcom-9 |
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| 44 | | - | mittees’’means— 10 |
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| 45 | | - | (A)theCommitteeonHomelandSecurity 11 |
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| 46 | | - | andGovernmentalAffairsoftheSenate;and 12 |
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| 47 | | - | (B)theCommitteeonHomelandSecurity 13 |
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| 48 | | - | oftheHouseofRepresentatives. 14 |
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| 49 | | - | (2)COVEREDOPERATOR.—Theterm‘‘covered 15 |
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| 50 | | - | operator’’meanstheoperator,developer,orpub-16 |
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| 51 | | - | lisherofacoveredservice. 17 |
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| 52 | | - | (3)COVERED SERVICE.—Theterm‘‘covered 18 |
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| 53 | | - | service’’means— 19 |
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| 54 | | - | (A)asocialmediaplatform; 20 |
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| 55 | | - | (B)amobileordesktopservicewithdirect 21 |
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| 56 | | - | orgroupmessagingcapabilities,butnotinclud-22 |
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| 57 | | - | ingtextmessagingserviceswithoutothersub-23 |
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| 58 | | - | stantialsocialfunctionalitiesorelectronicmail 24 |
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| 59 | | - | services,thattheSecretarydeterminesis,has 25 |
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| 63 | | - | been,orwillbeusedbytransnationalcriminal 1 |
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| 64 | | - | organizationsinconnectionwithmattersde-2 |
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| 65 | | - | scribedinsection3;and 3 |
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| 66 | | - | (C)adigitalplatform,oranelectronicap-4 |
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| 67 | | - | plicationutilizingthedigitalplatform,involving 5 |
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| 68 | | - | real-timeinteractivecommunicationbetween 6 |
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| 69 | | - | multipleindividuals,includingmulti-player 7 |
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| 70 | | - | gamingservicesandimmersivetechnologyplat-8 |
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| 71 | | - | formsorapplications,thattheSecretarydeter-9 |
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| 72 | | - | minesis,hasbeen,orwillbeusedby 10 |
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| 73 | | - | transnationalcriminalorganizationsinconnec-11 |
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| 74 | | - | tionwithmattersdescribedinsection3. 12 |
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| 75 | | - | (4)DEPARTMENT.—Theterm‘‘Department’’ 13 |
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| 76 | | - | meanstheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity. 14 |
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| 77 | | - | (5)SECRETARY.—Theterm‘‘Secretary’’means 15 |
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| 78 | | - | theSecretaryofHomelandSecurity. 16 |
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| 79 | | - | SEC.3.ASSESSMENT OFILLICITUSAGE. 17 |
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| 80 | | - | (a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 18 |
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| 81 | | - | dateofenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 19 |
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| 82 | | - | totheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesanassess-20 |
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| 83 | | - | mentdescribing— 21 |
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| 84 | | - | (1)theuseofcoveredservicesbytransnational 22 |
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| 85 | | - | criminalorganizationsorcriminalenterprisesacting 23 |
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| 86 | | - | ontheirbehalftoengageinrecruitmentefforts,in-24 |
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| 87 | | - | cludingtherecruitmentofindividuals,includingin-25 |
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| 91 | | - | dividualsundertheageof18,locatedintheUnited 1 |
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| 92 | | - | Statestoengageinorprovidesupportwithrespect 2 |
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| 93 | | - | toillicitactivitiesoccurringintheUnitedStates, 3 |
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| 94 | | - | Mexico,orotherwiseinproximitytoaninternational 4 |
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| 95 | | - | boundaryoftheUnitedStates; 5 |
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| 96 | | - | (2)theuseofcoveredservicesbytransnational 6 |
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| 97 | | - | criminalorganizationstoengageinotherillicitac-7 |
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| 98 | | - | tivitiesorotherconductinsupportofillicitactivi-8 |
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| 99 | | - | ties,including— 9 |
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| 100 | | - | (A)smugglingortraffickinginvolvingnar-10 |
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| 101 | | - | cotics,othercontrolledsubstances,precursors 11 |
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| 102 | | - | thereof,orotheritemsprohibitedunderthe 12 |
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| 103 | | - | lawsoftheUnitedStates,Mexico,oranother 13 |
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| 104 | | - | relevantjurisdiction,includingfirearms;and 14 |
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| 105 | | - | (B)humansmugglingortrafficking; 15 |
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| 106 | | - | (3)theexistingeffortsoftheSecretaryandrel-16 |
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| 107 | | - | evantgovernmentandlawenforcemententitiesto 17 |
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| 108 | | - | counter,monitor,orotherwiserespondtotheusage 18 |
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| 109 | | - | ofcoveredservicesdescribedinparagraphs(1)and 19 |
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| 110 | | - | (2); 20 |
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| 111 | | - | (4)theexistingeffortsofcoveredoperatorsto 21 |
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| 112 | | - | counter,monitor,orotherwiserespondtotheusage 22 |
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| 113 | | - | ofcoveredservicesdescribedinparagraphs(1)and 23 |
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| 114 | | - | (2);and 24 |
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| 119 | | - | Secretary,otherrelevantgovernmententities,and 2 |
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| 120 | | - | coveredoperatorswithrespecttothemattersde-3 |
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| 121 | | - | scribedinparagraphs(1)and(2). 4 |
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| 122 | | - | SEC.4.STRATEGY TOCOMBAT CARTEL RECRUITMENT ON 5 |
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| 123 | | - | SOCIALMEDIAANDONLINEPLATFORMS. 6 |
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| 124 | | - | (a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan1yearafterthe 7 |
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| 125 | | - | dateofenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 8 |
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| 126 | | - | totheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesastrategy,to 9 |
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| 127 | | - | beknownastheNationalStrategytoCombatIllicitRe-10 |
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| 128 | | - | cruitmentActivitybyTransnationalCriminalOrganiza-11 |
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| 129 | | - | tionsonSocialMediaandOnlinePlatforms,tocombat 12 |
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| 130 | | - | theuseofcoveredservicesbytransnationalcriminalorga-13 |
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| 131 | | - | nizationsorcriminalenterprisesactingontheirbehalfto 14 |
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| 132 | | - | recruitindividualslocatedintheUnitedStatestoengage 15 |
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| 133 | | - | inorprovidesupportwithrespecttoillicitactivitiesoccur-16 |
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| 134 | | - | ringintheUnitedStates,Mexico,orotherwiseinprox-17 |
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| 135 | | - | imitytoaninternationalboundaryoftheUnitedStates. 18 |
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| 136 | | - | (b)ELEMENTS.— 19 |
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| 137 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—Thestrategyrequiredunder 20 |
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| 138 | | - | subsection(a)shall,ataminimum,includethefol-21 |
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| 139 | | - | lowing: 22 |
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| 140 | | - | (A)Aproposaltoimprovecooperationand 23 |
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| 141 | | - | thereaftermaintaincooperationbetweenthe 24 |
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| 142 | | - | Secretary,relevantlawenforcemententities, 25 |
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| 146 | | - | andappropriatecoveredoperatorswithrespect 1 |
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| 147 | | - | tothemattersdescribedinsubsection(a). 2 |
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| 148 | | - | (B)Recommendationstoimplementthere-3 |
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| 149 | | - | quirementundersection5(a)(2)toestablisha 4 |
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| 150 | | - | centralizedmechanismforreportinginforma-5 |
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| 151 | | - | tionregardingtheUnitedStatesrecruitment 6 |
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| 152 | | - | effortsoftransnationalcriminalorganizations 7 |
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| 153 | | - | involvingcoveredservices. 8 |
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| 154 | | - | (C)A proposaltoimprove 9 |
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| 155 | | - | intragovernmentalcoordinationwithrespectto 10 |
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| 156 | | - | themattersdescribedinsubsection(a),includ-11 |
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| 157 | | - | ingbetweentheDepartmentandState,Tribal, 12 |
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| 158 | | - | andlocalgovernments. 13 |
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| 159 | | - | (D)Aproposaltoimprovecoordination 14 |
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| 160 | | - | withintheDepartmentandbetweenthecompo-15 |
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| 161 | | - | nentsoftheDepartmentwithrespecttothe 16 |
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| 162 | | - | mattersdescribedinsubsection(a). 17 |
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| 163 | | - | (E)Activitiestofacilitateincreasedintel-18 |
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| 164 | | - | ligenceanalysisforlawenforcementpurposesof 19 |
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| 165 | | - | effortsoftransnationalcriminalorganizations 20 |
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| 166 | | - | toutilizecoveredservicesforrecruitmentpur-21 |
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| 167 | | - | poses. 22 |
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| 168 | | - | (F)Activitiestofosterinternationalpart-23 |
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| 169 | | - | nershipsandenhancecollaborationwithforeign 24 |
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| 170 | | - | governmentsand,asapplicable,multilateralin-25 |
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| 174 | | - | stitutionswithrespecttothemattersdescribed 1 |
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| 175 | | - | insubsection(a). 2 |
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| 176 | | - | (G)Activitiestofacilitateproactivelawen-3 |
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| 177 | | - | forcementandothergovernmentaleffortsrelat-4 |
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| 178 | | - | ingtotheeffortsoftransnationalcriminalor-5 |
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| 179 | | - | ganizationstoutilizecoveredservicesforre-6 |
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| 180 | | - | cruitmentpurposes,includingactivitiesin-7 |
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| 181 | | - | tendedtopreemptthroughoutreachanden-8 |
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| 182 | | - | gagementthecommissionofcriminaloffenses 9 |
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| 183 | | - | byindividualslocatedintheUnitedStateswho 10 |
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| 184 | | - | aretargetedforrecruitmentbythose 11 |
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| 185 | | - | transnationalcriminalorganizations. 12 |
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| 186 | | - | (H)Activitiestospecificallyincreaseen-13 |
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| 187 | | - | gagementandoutreachwithyouthinborder 14 |
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| 188 | | - | communities,includingregardingtherecruit-15 |
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| 189 | | - | menttacticsoftransnationalcriminalorganiza-16 |
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| 190 | | - | tionsandtheconsequencesofparticipationin 17 |
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| 191 | | - | illicitactivities. 18 |
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| 192 | | - | (2)LIMITATION.—Thestrategyrequiredunder 19 |
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| 193 | | - | subsection(a)shallnotincludelegislativerec-20 |
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| 194 | | - | ommendationsorelementspredicatedonthepassage 21 |
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| 195 | | - | oflegislationthatisnotenactedasofthedateon 22 |
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| 196 | | - | whichthestrategyissubmittedundersubsection 23 |
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| 197 | | - | (a),includingwithrespecttoencryptionpoliciesor 24 |
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| 201 | | - | reformstosection230oftheCommunicationsAct 1 |
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| 202 | | - | of1934(47U.S.C.230). 2 |
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| 203 | | - | (c)CONSULTATION.—Indraftingandimplementing 3 |
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| 204 | | - | thestrategyrequiredundersubsection(a),theSecretary 4 |
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| 205 | | - | shall,ataminimum,consultandengagewith— 5 |
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| 206 | | - | (1)theheadsofrelevantcomponentsoftheDe-6 |
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| 207 | | - | partment,including— 7 |
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| 208 | | - | (A)theCommissionerofU.S.Customs 8 |
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| 209 | | - | andBorderProtection; 9 |
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| 210 | | - | (B)theUnderSecretaryforIntelligence 10 |
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| 211 | | - | andAnalysis; 11 |
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| 212 | | - | (C)theUnderSecretaryforScienceand 12 |
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| 213 | | - | Technology; 13 |
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| 214 | | - | (D)theDirectorofU.S.Immigrationand 14 |
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| 215 | | - | CustomsEnforcement; 15 |
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| 216 | | - | (E)theOfficerforCivilRightsandCivil 16 |
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| 217 | | - | Liberties;and 17 |
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| 218 | | - | (F)thePrivacyOfficer; 18 |
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| 219 | | - | (2)theSecretaryofState; 19 |
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| 220 | | - | (3)theDirectoroftheFederalBureauofIn-20 |
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| 221 | | - | vestigation; 21 |
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| 222 | | - | (4)theAdministratoroftheDrugEnforcement 22 |
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| 223 | | - | Agency; 23 |
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| 224 | | - | (5)representativesofbordercommunities,in-24 |
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| 225 | | - | cludingrepresentativesof— 25 |
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| 229 | | - | (A)State,Tribal,andlocalgovernments, 1 |
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| 230 | | - | includingschooldistrictsandlocallawenforce-2 |
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| 231 | | - | ment;and 3 |
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| 232 | | - | (B)nongovernmentalorganizations; 4 |
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| 233 | | - | (6)coveredoperators,includingrepresentatives 5 |
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| 234 | | - | of— 6 |
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| 235 | | - | (A)socialmediaplatforms,includingoper-7 |
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| 236 | | - | atorsofplatformsorapplications— 8 |
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| 237 | | - | (i)displayingshort-formvideoscre-9 |
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| 238 | | - | atedbyusersorthirdparties; 10 |
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| 239 | | - | (ii)providingephemeralcontent 11 |
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| 240 | | - | transmissionservices;or 12 |
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| 241 | | - | (iii)usingalgorithmsorothermeans 13 |
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| 242 | | - | ofcontentprioritizationtodisplayafeed 14 |
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| 243 | | - | ofcontentoradvertisementscreatedby 15 |
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| 244 | | - | usersorthirdpartiestootherusers; 16 |
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| 245 | | - | (B)interactiveentertainmentplatforms 17 |
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| 246 | | - | andpublishers;and 18 |
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| 247 | | - | (C)companiesdevelopingimmersivetech-19 |
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| 248 | | - | nologyplatformsandapplicationsonthoseplat-20 |
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| 249 | | - | forms;and 21 |
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| 250 | | - | (7)nongovernmentalexpertsinthefieldsof— 22 |
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| 251 | | - | (A)civilrightsandcivilliberties; 23 |
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| 252 | | - | (B)onlineprivacy; 24 |
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| 257 | | - | and 2 |
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| 258 | | - | (D)youthoutreachandrehabilitation. 3 |
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| 259 | | - | (d)IMPLEMENTATION.— 4 |
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| 260 | | - | (1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan90daysafter 5 |
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| 261 | | - | thedateonwhichthestrategyrequiredundersub-6 |
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| 262 | | - | section(a)issubmittedtotheappropriatecongres-7 |
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| 263 | | - | sionalcommittees,theSecretaryshallcommenceim-8 |
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| 264 | | - | plementationofthestrategy. 9 |
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| 265 | | - | (2)REPORT.— 10 |
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| 266 | | - | (A)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180 11 |
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| 267 | | - | daysafterthedateonwhichthestrategyre-12 |
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| 268 | | - | quiredundersubsection(a)isimplemented 13 |
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| 269 | | - | underparagraph(1),andsemiannuallythere-14 |
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| 270 | | - | afterfor5years,theSecretaryshallsubmitto 15 |
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| 271 | | - | theappropriatecongressionalcommitteesare-16 |
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| 272 | | - | portdescribingtheeffortsoftheSecretaryto 17 |
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| 273 | | - | implementthestrategyrequiredundersub-18 |
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| 274 | | - | section(a)andtheprogressofthoseefforts, 19 |
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| 275 | | - | whichshallincludeadescriptionof— 20 |
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| 276 | | - | (i)therecommendations,andcor-21 |
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| 277 | | - | respondingimplementationofthoserec-22 |
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| 278 | | - | ommendations,withrespecttothematters 23 |
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| 279 | | - | describedinsubsection(b)(1)(B)relating 24 |
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| 283 | | - | tothemechanismrequiredundersection 1 |
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| 284 | | - | 5(a)(2); 2 |
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| 285 | | - | (ii)theinteragencyposturewithre-3 |
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| 286 | | - | specttothematterscoveredbythestrat-4 |
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| 287 | | - | egyrequiredundersubsection(a),which 5 |
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| 288 | | - | shallincludeadescriptionofcollaboration 6 |
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| 289 | | - | betweentheSecretary,otherFederalenti-7 |
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| 290 | | - | ties,State,local,andTribalentities,and 8 |
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| 291 | | - | foreigngovernments; 9 |
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| 292 | | - | (iii)actionstakenpursuanttosub-10 |
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| 293 | | - | section(c)thatoccurredbetweentheSec-11 |
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| 294 | | - | retaryandtheentitiesdescribedinpara-12 |
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| 295 | | - | graphs(5)through(7)ofthatsubsection, 13 |
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| 296 | | - | providedthatsuchsummariesareprovided 14 |
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| 297 | | - | onlyinaclassifiedorothernon-public 15 |
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| 298 | | - | manner;and 16 |
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| 299 | | - | (iv)thethreatlandscape,including 17 |
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| 300 | | - | newdevelopmentsrelatedtotheUnited 18 |
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| 301 | | - | Statesrecruitmenteffortsoftransnational 19 |
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| 302 | | - | criminalorganizationsandtheuseby 20 |
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| 303 | | - | thoseorganizationsofneworemergent 21 |
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| 304 | | - | coveredservicesandrecruitmentmethods. 22 |
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| 305 | | - | (B)FORM.—Eachreportrequiredunder 23 |
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| 306 | | - | subparagraph(A)shallbesubmittedinunclas-24 |
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| 307 | | - | sifiedform,butmaycontainaclassifiedannex. 25 |
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| 311 | | - | SEC.5.INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION ANDDISSEMINATION. 1 |
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| 312 | | - | (a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan90daysafterthe 2 |
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| 313 | | - | dateonwhichthestrategyrequiredundersection4(a)is 3 |
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| 314 | | - | requiredtobesubmittedtotheappropriatecongressional 4 |
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| 315 | | - | committees,theSecretaryshallidentifyadesignee— 5 |
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| 316 | | - | (1)toreceive,process,anddisseminateinfor-6 |
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| 317 | | - | mationandcommunicationsinvolvingtheuseofcov-7 |
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| 318 | | - | eredservicesbytransnationalcriminalorganizations 8 |
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| 319 | | - | orcriminalenterprisesactingontheirbehalftore-9 |
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| 320 | | - | cruitindividualslocatedintheUnitedStatestoen-10 |
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| 321 | | - | gageinorprovidesupportwithrespecttoillicitac-11 |
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| 322 | | - | tivitiesoccurringintheUnitedStates,Mexico,or 12 |
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| 323 | | - | otherwiseinproximitytoaninternationalboundary 13 |
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| 324 | | - | oftheUnitedStates;and 14 |
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| 325 | | - | (2)toestablishamechanism,orifthedesignee 15 |
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| 326 | | - | determinesappropriate,multiplemechanisms,for 16 |
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| 327 | | - | coveredoperatorstovoluntarilyreportrelevantin-17 |
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| 328 | | - | formationorcommunicationsdescribedinparagraph 18 |
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| 329 | | - | (1). 19 |
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| 330 | | - | (b)PROCEDURE.—Upontheidentificationofthedes-20 |
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| 331 | | - | igneeandtheestablishmentofthevoluntaryreporting 21 |
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| 332 | | - | mechanismrequiredundersubsection(a)(2),theSec-22 |
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| 333 | | - | retaryshallnotifyappropriatecoveredoperatorsinwriting 23 |
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| 334 | | - | regardingthevoluntaryreportingmechanism,including 24 |
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| 335 | | - | informationregardinghowtocontactthedesigneeanduti-25 |
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| 336 | | - | lizethevoluntaryreportingmechanism. 26 |
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| 340 | | - | (c)PLACEMENT.—Thedesigneeidentifiedundersub-1 |
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| 341 | | - | section(a)shallbelocatedinU.S.CustomsandBorder 2 |
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| 342 | | - | Protection. 3 |
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| 343 | | - | (d)DISSEMINATION.—Thedesigneeidentifiedunder 4 |
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| 344 | | - | subsection(a)shallutilizetheinformationandcommu-5 |
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| 345 | | - | nicationsreceivedpursuanttothissectionto— 6 |
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| 346 | | - | (1)provideFederal,Tribal,State,andlocalen-7 |
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| 347 | | - | titieswithintelligencetoassistwithoutreachand 8 |
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| 348 | | - | engagementeffortsintendedtopreemptthecommis-9 |
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| 349 | | - | sionofcriminaloffensesbyindividualslocatedinthe 10 |
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| 350 | | - | UnitedStateswhoaretargetedbytransnational 11 |
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| 351 | | - | criminalorganizationsforrecruitment; 12 |
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| 352 | | - | (2)provideFederal,Tribal,State,andlocallaw 13 |
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| 353 | | - | enforcementwithactionableintelligenceforlawen-14 |
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| 354 | | - | forcementrelatingtotheUnitedStatesrecruitment 15 |
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| 355 | | - | effortsoftransnationalcriminalorganizations;and 16 |
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| 356 | | - | (3)furtherotherappropriategovernmentfunc-17 |
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| 357 | | - | tionsinvolvingeffortstopreventtherecruitmentof 18 |
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| 358 | | - | individualslocatedintheUnitedStatesby 19 |
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| 359 | | - | transnationalcriminalorganizations. 20 |
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| 360 | | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 21 |
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| 361 | | - | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Cartels on 22 |
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| 362 | | - | Social Media Act of 2023’’. 23 |
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| 363 | | - | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 24 |
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| 368 | | - | (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1 |
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| 369 | | - | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-2 |
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| 370 | | - | tees’’ means— 3 |
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| 371 | | - | (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 4 |
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| 372 | | - | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 5 |
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| 373 | | - | (B) the Committee on Homeland Security of 6 |
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| 374 | | - | the House of Representatives. 7 |
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| 32 | + | In this Act: 2 |
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| 33 | + | (1) A |
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| 34 | + | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -3 |
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| 35 | + | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-4 |
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| 36 | + | mittees’’ means— 5 |
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| 37 | + | (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 6 |
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| 38 | + | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 7 |
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| 39 | + | (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 8 |
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| 40 | + | of the House of Representatives. 9 |
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| 380 | | - | OVERED SERVICE.—The term ‘‘covered serv-11 |
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| 381 | | - | ice’’ means— 12 |
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| 382 | | - | (A) a social media platform; 13 |
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| 383 | | - | (B) a mobile or desktop service with direct 14 |
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| 384 | | - | or group messaging capabilities, but not includ-15 |
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| 385 | | - | ing text messaging services without other sub-16 |
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| 386 | | - | stantial social functionalities or electronic mail 17 |
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| 387 | | - | services, that the Secretary determines is being 18 |
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| 388 | | - | or has been used by transnational criminal orga-19 |
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| 389 | | - | nizations in connection with matters described 20 |
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| 390 | | - | in section 3; and 21 |
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| 391 | | - | (C) a digital platform, or an electronic ap-22 |
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| 392 | | - | plication utilizing the digital platform, involving 23 |
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| 393 | | - | real-time interactive communication between 24 |
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| 394 | | - | multiple individuals, including multi-player 25 |
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| 398 | | - | gaming services and immersive technology plat-1 |
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| 399 | | - | forms or applications, that the Secretary deter-2 |
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| 400 | | - | mines is being or has been used by transnational 3 |
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| 401 | | - | criminal organizations in connection with mat-4 |
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| 402 | | - | ters described in section 3. 5 |
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| 403 | | - | (4) C |
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| 404 | | - | RIMINAL ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘crimi-6 |
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| 405 | | - | nal enterprise’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘con-7 |
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| 406 | | - | tinuing criminal enterprise’’ in section 408 of the 8 |
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| 407 | | - | Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848). 9 |
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| 408 | | - | (5) D |
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| 409 | | - | EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 10 |
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| 410 | | - | means the Department of Homeland Security. 11 |
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| 411 | | - | (6) I |
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| 412 | | - | LLICIT ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘illicit ac-12 |
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| 413 | | - | tivities’’ means the following criminal activities that 13 |
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| 414 | | - | transcend national borders: 14 |
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| 415 | | - | (A) A violation of section 401 of the Con-15 |
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| 416 | | - | trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841). 16 |
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| 417 | | - | (B) Narcotics trafficking, as defined in sec-17 |
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| 418 | | - | tion 808 of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Des-18 |
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| 419 | | - | ignation Act (21 U.S.C. 1907). 19 |
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| 420 | | - | (C) Trafficking of weapons, as defined in 20 |
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| 421 | | - | section 922 of title 18, United States Code. 21 |
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| 422 | | - | (D) Migrant smuggling, defined as a viola-22 |
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| 423 | | - | tion of section 274(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Immigra-23 |
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| 424 | | - | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 425 | | - | 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii)). 25 |
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| 429 | | - | (E) Human trafficking, defined as— 1 |
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| 430 | | - | (i) a violation of section 1590, 1591, or 2 |
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| 431 | | - | 1592 of title 18, United States Code; or 3 |
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| 432 | | - | (ii) engaging in severe forms of traf-4 |
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| 433 | | - | ficking in persons, as defined in section 103 5 |
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| 434 | | - | of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 6 |
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| 435 | | - | Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 7 |
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| 436 | | - | (F) Cyber crime, defined as a violation of 8 |
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| 437 | | - | section 1030 of title 18, United States Code. 9 |
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| 438 | | - | (G) A violation of any provision that is 10 |
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| 439 | | - | subject to intellectual property enforcement, as 11 |
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| 440 | | - | defined in section 302 of the Prioritizing Re-12 |
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| 441 | | - | sources and Organization for Intellectual Prop-13 |
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| 442 | | - | erty Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 8112). 14 |
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| 443 | | - | (H) Bulk cash smuggling of currency, de-15 |
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| 444 | | - | fined as a violation of section 5332 of title 31, 16 |
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| 445 | | - | United States Code. 17 |
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| 446 | | - | (I) Laundering the proceeds of the criminal 18 |
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| 447 | | - | activities described in subparagraphs (A) 19 |
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| 448 | | - | through (H). 20 |
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| 449 | | - | (7) S |
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| 450 | | - | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 21 |
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| 451 | | - | the Secretary of Homeland Security. 22 |
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| 452 | | - | (8) T |
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| 453 | | - | RANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION .— 23 |
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| 454 | | - | The term ‘‘transnational criminal organization’’ 24 |
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| 455 | | - | means groups, networks, and associated individuals 25 |
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| 459 | | - | who operate transnationally for the purposes of ob-1 |
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| 460 | | - | taining power, influence, or monetary or commercial 2 |
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| 461 | | - | gain, wholly or in part by certain illegal means, 3 |
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| 462 | | - | while advancing their activities through a pattern of 4 |
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| 463 | | - | crime, corruption, or violence, and while protecting 5 |
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| 464 | | - | their illegal activities through a transnational organi-6 |
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| 465 | | - | zational structure and the exploitation of public cor-7 |
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| 466 | | - | ruption or transnational logistics, financial, or com-8 |
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| 467 | | - | munication mechanisms. 9 |
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| 468 | | - | SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF ILLICIT USAGE. 10 |
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| 46 | + | OVERED SERVICE.—The term ‘‘covered 13 |
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| 47 | + | service’’ means— 14 |
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| 48 | + | (A) a social media platform; 15 |
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| 49 | + | (B) a mobile or desktop service with direct 16 |
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| 50 | + | or group messaging capabilities, but not includ-17 |
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| 51 | + | ing text messaging services without other sub-18 |
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| 52 | + | stantial social functionalities or electronic mail 19 |
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| 53 | + | services, that the Secretary determines is, has 20 |
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| 54 | + | been, or will be used by transnational criminal 21 |
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| 55 | + | organizations in connection with matters de-22 |
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| 56 | + | scribed in section 3; and 23 |
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| 57 | + | (C) a digital platform, or an electronic ap-24 |
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| 58 | + | plication utilizing the digital platform, involving 25 |
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| 59 | + | real-time interactive communication between 26 |
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| 63 | + | multiple individuals, including multi-player 1 |
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| 64 | + | gaming services and immersive technology plat-2 |
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| 65 | + | forms or applications, that the Secretary deter-3 |
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| 66 | + | mines is, has been, or will be used by 4 |
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| 67 | + | transnational criminal organizations in connec-5 |
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| 68 | + | tion with matters described in section 3. 6 |
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| 69 | + | (4) D |
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| 70 | + | EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 7 |
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| 71 | + | means the Department of Homeland Security. 8 |
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| 72 | + | (5) S |
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| 73 | + | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 9 |
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| 74 | + | the Secretary of Homeland Security. 10 |
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| 75 | + | SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF ILLICIT USAGE. 11 |
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| 526 | | - | N GENERAL.—The strategy required under 9 |
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| 527 | | - | subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the fol-10 |
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| 528 | | - | lowing: 11 |
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| 529 | | - | (A) A proposal to improve cooperation and 12 |
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| 530 | | - | thereafter maintain cooperation between the Sec-13 |
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| 531 | | - | retary and relevant law enforcement entities 14 |
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| 532 | | - | with respect to the matters described in sub-15 |
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| 533 | | - | section (a). 16 |
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| 534 | | - | (B) Recommendations to implement a proc-17 |
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| 535 | | - | ess for the voluntary reporting of information re-18 |
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| 536 | | - | garding the recruitment efforts of transnational 19 |
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| 537 | | - | criminal organizations in the United States in-20 |
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| 538 | | - | volving covered services. 21 |
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| 539 | | - | (C) A proposal to improve 22 |
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| 540 | | - | intragovernmental coordination with respect to 23 |
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| 541 | | - | the matters described in subsection (a), including 24 |
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| 546 | | - | local governments. 2 |
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| 547 | | - | (D) A proposal to improve coordination 3 |
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| 548 | | - | within the Department and between the compo-4 |
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| 549 | | - | nents of the Department with respect to the mat-5 |
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| 550 | | - | ters described in subsection (a). 6 |
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| 551 | | - | (E) Activities to facilitate increased intel-7 |
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| 552 | | - | ligence analysis for law enforcement purposes of 8 |
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| 553 | | - | efforts of transnational criminal organizations to 9 |
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| 554 | | - | utilize covered services for recruitment to engage 10 |
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| 555 | | - | in or provide support with respect to illicit ac-11 |
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| 556 | | - | tivities. 12 |
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| 557 | | - | (F) Activities to foster international part-13 |
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| 558 | | - | nerships and enhance collaboration with foreign 14 |
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| 559 | | - | governments and, as applicable, multilateral in-15 |
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| 560 | | - | stitutions with respect to the matters described 16 |
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| 561 | | - | in subsection (a). 17 |
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| 562 | | - | (G) Activities to specifically increase en-18 |
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| 563 | | - | gagement and outreach with youth in border 19 |
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| 564 | | - | communities, including regarding the recruit-20 |
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| 565 | | - | ment tactics of transnational criminal organiza-21 |
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| 566 | | - | tions and the consequences of participation in il-22 |
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| 567 | | - | licit activities. 23 |
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| 568 | | - | (H) A detailed description of the measures 24 |
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| 569 | | - | used to ensure— 25 |
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| 573 | | - | (i) law enforcement and intelligence 1 |
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| 574 | | - | activities focus on the recruitment activities 2 |
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| 575 | | - | of transitional criminal organizations, not 3 |
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| 576 | | - | individuals the transnational criminal or-4 |
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| 577 | | - | ganizations attempt to or successfully re-5 |
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| 578 | | - | cruit; and 6 |
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| 579 | | - | (ii) the privacy rights, civil rights, and 7 |
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| 580 | | - | civil liberties protections in carrying out 8 |
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| 581 | | - | the activities described in clause (i), with a 9 |
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| 582 | | - | particular focus on the protections in place 10 |
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| 583 | | - | to protect minors and constitutionally pro-11 |
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| 584 | | - | tected activities. 12 |
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| 137 | + | N GENERAL.—The strategy required under 16 |
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| 138 | + | subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the fol-17 |
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| 139 | + | lowing: 18 |
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| 140 | + | (A) A proposal to improve cooperation and 19 |
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| 141 | + | thereafter maintain cooperation between the 20 |
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| 142 | + | Secretary, relevant law enforcement entities, 21 |
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| 143 | + | and appropriate covered operators with respect 22 |
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| 144 | + | to the matters described in subsection (a). 23 |
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| 145 | + | (B) Recommendations to implement the re-24 |
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| 146 | + | quirement under section 5(a)(2) to establish a 25 |
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| 147 | + | centralized mechanism for reporting informa-26 |
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| 151 | + | tion regarding the United States recruitment 1 |
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| 152 | + | efforts of transnational criminal organizations 2 |
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| 153 | + | involving covered services. 3 |
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| 154 | + | (C) A proposal to improve 4 |
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| 155 | + | intragovernmental coordination with respect to 5 |
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| 156 | + | the matters described in subsection (a), includ-6 |
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| 157 | + | ing between the Department and State, Tribal, 7 |
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| 158 | + | and local governments. 8 |
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| 159 | + | (D) A proposal to improve coordination 9 |
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| 160 | + | within the Department and between the compo-10 |
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| 161 | + | nents of the Department with respect to the 11 |
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| 162 | + | matters described in subsection (a). 12 |
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| 163 | + | (E) Activities to facilitate increased intel-13 |
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| 164 | + | ligence analysis for law enforcement purposes of 14 |
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| 165 | + | efforts of transnational criminal organizations 15 |
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| 166 | + | to utilize covered services for recruitment pur-16 |
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| 167 | + | poses. 17 |
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| 168 | + | (F) Activities to foster international part-18 |
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| 169 | + | nerships and enhance collaboration with foreign 19 |
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| 170 | + | governments and, as applicable, multilateral in-20 |
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| 171 | + | stitutions with respect to the matters described 21 |
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| 172 | + | in subsection (a). 22 |
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| 173 | + | (G) Activities to facilitate proactive law en-23 |
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| 174 | + | forcement and other governmental efforts relat-24 |
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| 175 | + | ing to the efforts of transnational criminal or-25 |
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| 179 | + | ganizations to utilize covered services for re-1 |
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| 180 | + | cruitment purposes, including activities in-2 |
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| 181 | + | tended to preempt through outreach and en-3 |
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| 182 | + | gagement the commission of criminal offenses 4 |
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| 183 | + | by individuals located in the United States who 5 |
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| 184 | + | are targeted for recruitment by those 6 |
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| 185 | + | transnational criminal organizations. 7 |
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| 186 | + | (H) Activities to specifically increase en-8 |
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| 187 | + | gagement and outreach with youth in border 9 |
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| 188 | + | communities, including regarding the recruit-10 |
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| 189 | + | ment tactics of transnational criminal organiza-11 |
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| 190 | + | tions and the consequences of participation in 12 |
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| 191 | + | illicit activities. 13 |
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| 680 | | - | subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassi-19 |
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| 681 | | - | fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 20 |
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| 682 | | - | (3) C |
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| 683 | | - | IVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND PRI-21 |
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| 684 | | - | VACY ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 2 years after the 22 |
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| 685 | | - | date on which the strategy required under subsection 23 |
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| 686 | | - | (a) is implemented under paragraph (1), the Office 24 |
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| 692 | | - | priate congressional committees a joint report that 2 |
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| 693 | | - | includes— 3 |
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| 694 | | - | (A) a detailed assessment of the measures 4 |
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| 695 | | - | used to ensure the protection of civil rights, civil 5 |
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| 696 | | - | liberties, and privacy rights in carrying out this 6 |
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| 697 | | - | section; and 7 |
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| 698 | | - | (B) recommendations to improve the imple-8 |
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| 699 | | - | mentation of the strategy required under sub-9 |
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| 700 | | - | section (a). 10 |
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| 701 | | - | SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 11 |
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| 702 | | - | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to expand the 12 |
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| 703 | | - | statutory law enforcement or regulatory authority of the 13 |
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| 704 | | - | Department. 14 |
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| 718 | | - | A BILL |
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| 719 | | - | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to |
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| 720 | | - | implement a strategy to combat the efforts of |
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| 721 | | - | transnational criminal organizations to recruit in- |
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| 722 | | - | dividuals in the United States via social media |
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| 723 | | - | platforms and other online services and assess |
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| 312 | + | subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas-19 |
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| 313 | + | sified form, but may contain a classified annex. 20 |
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| 314 | + | SEC. 5. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION. 21 |
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| 315 | + | (a) I |
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| 316 | + | NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 22 |
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| 317 | + | date on which the strategy required under section 4(a) is 23 |
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| 318 | + | required to be submitted to the appropriate congressional 24 |
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| 319 | + | committees, the Secretary shall identify a designee— 25 |
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| 323 | + | (1) to receive, process, and disseminate infor-1 |
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| 324 | + | mation and communications involving the use of cov-2 |
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| 325 | + | ered services by transnational criminal organizations 3 |
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| 326 | + | or criminal enterprises acting on their behalf to re-4 |
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| 327 | + | cruit individuals located in the United States to en-5 |
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| 328 | + | gage in or provide support with respect to illicit ac-6 |
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| 329 | + | tivities occurring in the United States, Mexico, or 7 |
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| 330 | + | otherwise in proximity to an international boundary 8 |
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| 331 | + | of the United States; and 9 |
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| 332 | + | (2) to establish a mechanism, or if the designee 10 |
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| 333 | + | determines appropriate, multiple mechanisms, for 11 |
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| 334 | + | covered operators to voluntarily report relevant in-12 |
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| 335 | + | formation or communications described in paragraph 13 |
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| 336 | + | (1). 14 |
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| 337 | + | (b) P |
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| 338 | + | ROCEDURE.—Upon the identification of the des-15 |
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| 339 | + | ignee and the establishment of the voluntary reporting 16 |
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| 340 | + | mechanism required under subsection (a)(2), the Sec-17 |
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| 341 | + | retary shall notify appropriate covered operators in writing 18 |
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| 342 | + | regarding the voluntary reporting mechanism, including 19 |
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| 343 | + | information regarding how to contact the designee and uti-20 |
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| 344 | + | lize the voluntary reporting mechanism. 21 |
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| 345 | + | (c) P |
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| 346 | + | LACEMENT.—The designee identified under sub-22 |
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| 347 | + | section (a) shall be located in U.S. Customs and Border 23 |
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| 348 | + | Protection. 24 |
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| 352 | + | (d) DISSEMINATION.—The designee identified under 1 |
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| 353 | + | subsection (a) shall utilize the information and commu-2 |
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| 354 | + | nications received pursuant to this section to— 3 |
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| 355 | + | (1) provide Federal, Tribal, State, and local en-4 |
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| 356 | + | tities with intelligence to assist with outreach and 5 |
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| 357 | + | engagement efforts intended to preempt the commis-6 |
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| 358 | + | sion of criminal offenses by individuals located in the 7 |
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| 359 | + | United States who are targeted by transnational 8 |
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| 360 | + | criminal organizations for recruitment; 9 |
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| 361 | + | (2) provide Federal, Tribal, State, and local law 10 |
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| 362 | + | enforcement with actionable intelligence for law en-11 |
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| 363 | + | forcement relating to the United States recruitment 12 |
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| 364 | + | efforts of transnational criminal organizations; and 13 |
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| 365 | + | (3) further other appropriate government func-14 |
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| 366 | + | tions involving efforts to prevent the recruitment of 15 |
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| 367 | + | individuals located in the United States by 16 |
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| 368 | + | transnational criminal organizations. 17 |
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