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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1079
5	5	To publicize U.S. Customs and Border Protection operational statistics and
6	6	report on foreign terrorist organizations.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY6, 2025
9	9	Mr. L
10	10	UTTRELL(for himself, Mr. STEIL, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Mr. COL-
11	11	LINS, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. GARBARINO, Mrs. KIGGANSof Virginia, Mr.
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13	13	ERGMAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. EZELL, Mr.
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15	15	EBERof Texas, and Mr. OWENS) introduced the following bill; which
16	16	was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To publicize U.S. Customs and Border Protection operational
19	19	statistics and report on foreign terrorist organizations.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cartel And Radical 4
24	24	Terrorist Enforcement Log Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘CAR-5
25	25	TEL Act of 2025’’. 6
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29	29	SEC. 2. PUBLICATION BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRO-1
30	30	TECTION OF OPERATIONAL STATISTICS. 2
31	31	Not later than the seventh day of each month begin-3
32	32	ning with the second full month after the date of the en-4
33	33	actment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 5
34	34	and Border Protection shall publish on a publicly available 6
35	35	website of the Department of Homeland Security informa-7
36	36	tion relating to the total number of alien encounters and 8
37	37	nationalities, unique alien encounters and nationalities, 9
38	38	gang affiliated apprehensions and nationalities, drug sei-10
39	39	zures, alien encounters included in the terrorist screening 11
40	40	database and nationalities, arrests of criminal aliens or in-12
41	41	dividuals wanted by law enforcement and nationalities, 13
42	42	known got aways, encounters with deceased aliens, alien 14
43	43	encounters and apprehensions affiliated with transnational 15
44	44	criminal organizations, and all other related or associated 16
45	45	statistics recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protec-17
46	46	tion during the immediately preceding month. Each such 18
47	47	publication shall include the following: 19
48	48	(1) The total number of individuals included in 20
49	49	the terrorist screening database (as such term is de-21
50	50	fined in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act 22
51	51	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621)) who have repeatedly at-23
52	52	tempted to cross unlawfully into the United States. 24
53	53	(2) The total number of individuals included in 25
54	54	the terrorist screening database who have been ap-26
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58	58	prehended, including information relating to whether 1
59	59	such individuals were released into the United States 2
60	60	or removed. 3
61	61	(3) The total number of individuals affiliated 4
62	62	with transnational criminal organizations who have 5
63	63	repeatedly attempted to cross unlawfully into the 6
64	64	United States. 7
65	65	(4) The total number of individuals affiliated 8
66	66	with transnational criminal organizations who have 9
67	67	been apprehended, including information relating to 10
68	68	whether such individuals were released into the 11
69	69	United States or removed. 12
70	70	SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON FOREIGN TERRORIST 13
71	71	ORGANIZATIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL 14
72	72	CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 15
73	73	(a) I
74	74	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 16
75	75	date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 17
76	76	the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 18
77	77	Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-19
78	78	resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 20
79	79	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of 21
80	80	foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal 22
81	81	organizations attempting to move their members or affili-23
82	82	ates into the United States through the southern, north-24
83	83	ern, or maritime border. 25
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87	87	(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘foreign 1
88	88	terrorist organization’’ means an organization described in 2
89	89	section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 3
90	90	U.S.C. 1189). 4
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