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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1915
To improve the collection of intelligence regarding activities by drug
trafficking organizations in certain foreign countries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH6, 2025
Mr. D
AVIDSON(for himself, Mr. CLINE, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr.
L
AMALFA, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, and Mr. MOOREof Alabama) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent
Select), Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Oversight and Government
Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To improve the collection of intelligence regarding activities
by drug trafficking organizations in certain foreign countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Stop the Cartels Act’’. 5
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
this Act is as follows: 7
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—PRIORITIZING INTELLIGENCE GATHERING ON DRUG
TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 101. Assessment of activities by drug trafficking organizations in covered
foreign countries.
Sec. 102. Assessment of human trafficking and smuggling from covered foreign
countries to the United States-Mexico border.
Sec. 103. Prioritization of intelligence resources for covered foreign countries.
Sec. 104. Resolving intelligence sharing and cooperation agreements.
Sec. 105. Review of Mexico and United States bilateral cooperation.
Sec. 106. Designation of certain drug cartels as Special Transnational Criminal
Organization.
Sec. 107. Monthly Department of Homeland Security reports on migrants.
Sec. 108. Definitions.
TITLE II—ELIMINATING FUNDING FOR CARTEL SAFE HARBOR
JURISDICTIONS
Sec. 201. Ineligibility for Federal grants of certain jurisdictions that violate the
immigration laws.
TITLE III—TARGETING CARTEL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE
BORDER
Sec. 301. Ending family separation and protection of minors.
Sec. 302. Stopping asylum fraud.
Sec. 303. Hiring authority.
Sec. 304. Refugee application and processing centers.
TITLE IV—REPURPOSING FEDERAL DRUG PROGRAMS
Sec. 401. Reauthorization of block grants for prevention and treatment of sub-
stance abuse.
Sec. 402. Offsetting repeals.
TITLE I—PRIORITIZING INTEL-1
LIGENCE GATHERING ON 2
DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANI-3
ZATIONS 4
SEC. 101. ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVITIES BY DRUG TRAF-5
FICKING ORGANIZATIONS IN COVERED FOR-6
EIGN COUNTRIES. 7
(a) R
EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 8
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-9
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telligence, in coordination with the Chief of Intelligence 1
of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Assist-2
ant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, shall 3
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-4
port containing an analytical assessment of the activities 5
of drug trafficking organizations in covered foreign coun-6
tries. Such assessment shall include, at a minimum— 7
(1) an assessment of the effect of drug traf-8
ficking organizations on the security and economic 9
situation in covered foreign countries; 10
(2) an assessment of the effect of the activities 11
of drug trafficking organizations on the migration of 12
persons from covered foreign countries to the United 13
States-Mexico border; 14
(3) a summary of any relevant activities by ele-15
ments of the intelligence community in relation to 16
drug trafficking organizations in covered foreign 17
countries and Mexico; 18
(4) a summary of key methods and routes used 19
by drug trafficking organizations in covered foreign 20
countries and Mexico to the United States; 21
(5) an assessment of the intersection between 22
the activities of drug trafficking organizations, 23
human traffickers and human smugglers, and other 24
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organized criminal groups in covered foreign coun-1
tries; and 2
(6) an assessment of the illicit funds and finan-3
cial transactions that support the activities of drug 4
trafficking organizations and connected criminal en-5
terprises in covered foreign countries. 6
(b) F
ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 7
may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, 8
shall contain an unclassified summary. 9
(c) A
VAILABILITY.—The report under subsection (a), 10
or the unclassified summary of the report described in 11
subsection (b), shall be made publicly available. 12
SEC. 102. ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 13
SMUGGLING FROM COVERED FOREIGN 14
COUNTRIES TO THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO 15
BORDER. 16
(a) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 17
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 18
of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Under 19
Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Anal-20
ysis and the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence 21
and Research, shall submit to the appropriate congres-22
sional committees a report containing an analytical assess-23
ment of human trafficking and human smuggling by indi-24
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viduals and organizations in covered foreign countries. 1
Such assessment shall include, at a minimum— 2
(1) an assessment of the effect of human traf-3
ficking and human smuggling on the security and 4
economic situation in covered foreign countries; 5
(2) a summary of any relevant activities by ele-6
ments of the intelligence community in relation to 7
human trafficking and human smuggling in covered 8
foreign countries; 9
(3) an assessment of the methods and routes 10
used by human traffickers and human smuggler or-11
ganizations to move persons from covered foreign 12
countries to the United States-Mexico border; 13
(4) an assessment of the intersection between 14
the activities of human traffickers and human smug-15
glers, drug trafficking organizations, and other orga-16
nized criminal groups in covered foreign countries; 17
and 18
(5) an assessment of the illicit funds and finan-19
cial transactions that support the activities of 20
human traffickers and human smugglers and con-21
nected criminal enterprises in covered foreign coun-22
tries. 23
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(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 1
may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, 2
shall contain an unclassified summary. 3
(c) A
VAILABILITY.—The report under subsection (a), 4
or the unclassified summary of the report described in 5
subsection (b), shall be made publicly available. 6
SEC. 103. PRIORITIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES 7
FOR COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 8
(a) R
EVIEW OFINTELLIGENCE COMMUNITYEF-9
FORTS INCOVEREDFOREIGNCOUNTRIES.—The Director 10
of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Under 11
Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Anal-12
ysis, the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and 13
Research, the Chief of Intelligence of the Drug Enforce-14
ment Administration, and other appropriate officials in 15
the intelligence community, shall carry out a comprehen-16
sive review of the current intelligence collection priorities 17
of the intelligence community for covered foreign countries 18
in order to identify whether such priorities are appropriate 19
and sufficient in light of the threat posed by the activities 20
of drug trafficking organizations and human traffickers 21
and human smugglers to the security of the United States 22
and the Western Hemisphere. 23
(b) R
EPORTS.— 24
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(1) REPORT ON INITIAL REVIEW .—Not later 1
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 2
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall 3
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 4
comprehensive description of the results of the re-5
view required by subsection (a), including whether 6
the priorities described in that subsection are appro-7
priate and sufficient in light of the threat posed by 8
the activities of drug trafficking organizations and 9
human traffickers and human smugglers to the secu-10
rity of the United States and the Western Hemi-11
sphere. If the report concludes that such priorities 12
are not so appropriate and sufficient, the report 13
shall also include a description of the actions to be 14
taken to modify such priorities in order to assure 15
that such priorities are so appropriate and sufficient. 16
(2) Q
UARTERLY REPORTS .—Not later than 90 17
days after the date on which the report under para-18
graph (1) is submitted, and every 90 days thereafter 19
for a 5-year period, the Director of National Intel-20
ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 21
committees a report on the intelligence community’s 22
collection priorities and activities in covered foreign 23
countries with a focus on the threat posed by the ac-24
tivities of drug trafficking organizations and human 25
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traffickers and human smugglers to the security of 1
the United States and the Western Hemisphere. The 2
first report under this paragraph shall also include 3
a description of the amount of funds expended by 4
the intelligence community to the efforts described 5
in subsection (a) during each of fiscal years 2023 6
and 2024. 7
(c) F
ORM.—The reports required by subsection (b) 8
may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, 9
shall contain an unclassified summary. 10
SEC. 104. RESOLVING INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND CO-11
OPERATION AGREEMENTS. 12
None of the amounts appropriated to the Department 13
of State to combat the threats of drug trafficking, 14
transnational organized crime, and money laundering or 15
appropriated to the United States Agency for Inter-16
national Development may be made available to the Mexi-17
can federal government or its subsidiaries until the Sec-18
retary of State certifies to Congress that Mexico has re-19
moved all barriers to bilateral cooperation created after 20
December 2020 that have hindered law enforcement co-21
operation and intelligence-sharing between United States 22
and Mexican law enforcement agencies, including the im-23
plementation of the Foreign Agents law and the limits 24
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that have been placed on issuing visas to United States 1
law enforcement personnel. 2
SEC. 105. REVIEW OF MEXICO AND UNITED STATES BILAT-3
ERAL COOPERATION. 4
(a) P
LANTOREESTABLISHBILATERALSECURITY 5
M
EETINGS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 6
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta-7
tion with the heads of other relevant Federal departments 8
and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres-9
sional committees a plan and timeline to reestablish reg-10
ular bilateral security meetings between appropriate high- 11
level and working-level officials of the Governments of the 12
United States and Mexico that serve as a forum to align 13
and reconcile priorities between the United States and 14
Mexico and to periodically assess progress for bilateral co-15
operation. The plan shall include possible areas of co-16
operation at the Federal, State, and local levels with 17
United States goals for assistance. 18
(b) C
OMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—Not later than 90 19
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-20
retary of State and the Administrator of the United States 21
Agency for International Development, in consultation 22
with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and 23
agencies, shall submit a report to appropriate congres-24
sional committees that— 25
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(1) provides a review of programs, projects, and 1
activities implemented as part of either the Merida 2
Initiative or The Bicentennial Framework; and 3
(2) includes— 4
(A) evaluations, assessments, or other 5
analyses, as appropriate; 6
(B) successes, challenges, and lessons 7
learned in achieving program outcomes and 8
United States policy goals; 9
(C) recommendations to change investment 10
levels in specific projects; and 11
(D) to the extent practicable, an assess-12
ment of the effect, if any, of Mexico’s Foreign 13
Agents law on bilateral security cooperation 14
with the Department of State, the United 15
States Agency for International Development, 16
and the Department of Justice. 17
SEC. 106. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CARTELS AS 18
SPECIAL TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGA-19
NIZATION. 20
(a) D
ESIGNATION.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 22
to designate an organization as a foreign Special 23
Transnational Criminal Organization in accordance 24
with this subsection if the Secretary finds that— 25
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(A) the organization is a foreign organiza-1
tion; 2
(B) the organization is a self-perpetuating 3
association of individuals who operate 4
transnationally for the purpose of obtaining 5
power, influence, monetary, or commercial 6
gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while 7
protecting their activities through a pattern of 8
corruption or violence or through a 9
transnational organization structure and the ex-10
ploitation of transnational commerce or commu-11
nication mechanisms; and 12
(C) the organization threatens the security 13
of United States nationals or the national secu-14
rity of the United States. 15
(2) P
ROCEDURE.— 16
(A) N
OTICE.— 17
(i) T
O CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS .— 18
Seven days before making a designation 19
under this subsection, the Secretary shall, 20
by classified communication, notify the 21
Speaker and minority leader of the House 22
of Representatives, the President pro tem-23
pore, majority leader, and minority leader 24
of the Senate, and the members of the rel-25
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evant committees of the House of Rep-1
resentatives and the Senate, in writing, of 2
the intent to designate an organization 3
under this subsection, together with the 4
findings made under paragraph (1) with 5
respect to that organization, and the fac-6
tual basis therefor. 7
(ii) P
UBLICATION IN FEDERAL REG -8
ISTER.—The Secretary shall publish the 9
designation in the Federal Register seven 10
days after providing the notification under 11
clause (i). 12
(B) E
FFECT OF DESIGNATION .—For pur-13
poses of section 2339B of title 18, United 14
States Code— 15
(i) an organization designated as a 16
foreign Special Transnational Criminal Or-17
ganization shall be treated as an organiza-18
tion subject to such section for purposes of 19
such section; and 20
(ii) a designation under this sub-21
section shall take effect for such purposes 22
upon publication under subparagraph 23
(A)(ii). 24
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(C) FREEZING OF ASSETS.—Upon notifica-1
tion under paragraph (2)(A)(i), the Secretary of 2
the Treasury may require United States finan-3
cial institutions possessing or controlling any 4
assets of any foreign organization included in 5
the notification to block all financial trans-6
actions involving those assets until further di-7
rective from either the Secretary of the Treas-8
ury, Act of Congress, or order of court. 9
(3) R
ECORD.— 10
(A) I
N GENERAL.—In making a designa-11
tion under this subsection, the Secretary shall 12
create an administrative record. 13
(B) C
LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Sec-14
retary may consider classified information in 15
making a designation under this subsection. 16
Classified information shall not be subject to 17
disclosure for such time as it remains classified, 18
except that such information may be disclosed 19
to a court ex parte and in camera for purposes 20
of judicial review under subsection (c). 21
(4) P
ERIOD OF DESIGNATION.— 22
(A) I
N GENERAL.—A designation under 23
this subsection shall be effective until revoked 24
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under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside pursu-1
ant to subsection (c). 2
(B) R
EVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PETI -3
TION.— 4
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 5
review the designation of a foreign Special 6
Transnational Criminal Organization 7
under the procedures set forth in clauses 8
(iii) and (iv) if the designated organization 9
files a petition for revocation within the pe-10
tition period described in clause (ii). 11
(ii) P
ETITION PERIOD.—For purposes 12
of clause (i)— 13
(I) if the designated organization 14
has not previously filed a petition for 15
revocation under this subparagraph, 16
the petition period begins 2 years 17
after the date on which the designa-18
tion was made; or 19
(II) if the designated organiza-20
tion has previously filed a petition for 21
revocation under this subparagraph, 22
the petition period begins 2 years 23
after the date of the determination 24
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made under clause (iv) on that peti-1
tion. 2
(iii) P
ROCEDURES.—Any foreign Spe-3
cial Transnational Criminal Organization 4
that submits a petition for revocation 5
under this subparagraph must provide evi-6
dence in that petition that the relevant cir-7
cumstances described in paragraph (1) are 8
sufficiently different from the cir-9
cumstances that were the basis for the des-10
ignation such that a revocation with re-11
spect to the organization is warranted. 12
(iv) D
ETERMINATION.— 13
(I) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 14
180 days after receiving a petition for 15
revocation submitted under this sub-16
paragraph, the Secretary shall make a 17
determination as to such revocation. 18
(II) C
LASSIFIED INFORMA -19
TION.—The Secretary may consider 20
classified information in making a de-21
termination in response to a petition 22
for revocation. Classified information 23
shall not be subject to disclosure for 24
such time as it remains classified, ex-25
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cept that such information may be 1
disclosed to a court ex parte and in 2
camera for purposes of judicial review 3
under subsection (c). 4
(III) P
UBLICATION OF DETER -5
MINATION.—A determination made by 6
the Secretary under this clause shall 7
be published in the Federal Register. 8
(IV) P
ROCEDURES.—Any revoca-9
tion by the Secretary shall be made in 10
accordance with paragraph (6). 11
(C) O
THER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION .— 12
(i) I
N GENERAL.—If the Secretary de-13
termines that a 5-year period has elasped 14
since the designation without a review hav-15
ing taken place under subparagraph (B), 16
the Secretary shall review the designation 17
of the foreign Special Transnational Crimi-18
nal Organization in order to determine 19
whether such designation should be re-20
voked pursuant to paragraph (6). 21
(ii) P
ROCEDURES.—If a review does 22
not take place pursuant to subparagraph 23
(B) in response to a petition for revocation 24
that is filed in accordance with that sub-25
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paragraph, then the review shall be con-1
ducted pursuant to procedures established 2
by the Secretary. The results of such re-3
view and the applicable procedures shall 4
not be reviewable in any court. 5
(iii) P
UBLICATION OF RESULTS OF 6
REVIEW.—The Secretary shall publish any 7
determination made pursuant to this sub-8
paragraph in the Federal Register. 9
(5) R
EVOCATION BY ACT OF CONGRESS .—The 10
Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block or re-11
voke a designation made under paragraph (1). 12
(6) R
EVOCATION BASED ON CHANGE IN CIR -13
CUMSTANCES.— 14
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-15
voke a designation made under paragraph (1) 16
at any time, and shall revoke a designation 17
upon completion of a review conducted pursu-18
ant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 19
(4) if the Secretary finds that— 20
(i) the circumstances that were the 21
basis for the designation have changed in 22
such a manner as to warrant revocation; or 23
(ii) the national security of the United 24
States warrants a revocation. 25
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(B) PROCEDURE.—The procedural require-1
ments of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to 2
a revocation under this paragraph. Any revoca-3
tion shall take effect on the date specified in 4
the revocation or upon publication in the Fed-5
eral Register if no effective date is specified. 6
(7) E
FFECT OF REVOCATION .—The revocation 7
of a designation under paragraph (5) or (6) shall 8
not affect any action or proceeding based on conduct 9
occurring prior to the effective date of such revoca-10
tion. 11
(8) U
SE OF DESIGNATION IN TRIAL OR HEAR -12
ING.—If a designation under this subsection has be-13
come effective under paragraph (2)(B) a defendant 14
in a criminal action or an alien in a removal pro-15
ceeding shall not be permitted to raise any question 16
concerning the validity of the issuance of such des-17
ignation as a defense or an objection at any trial or 18
hearing. 19
(b) A
MENDMENTS TO A DESIGNATION.— 20
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary may amend a 21
designation under this subsection if the Secretary 22
finds that the organization has changed its name, 23
adopted a new alias, dissolved and then reconsti-24
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tuted itself under a different name or names, or 1
merged with another organization. 2
(2) P
ROCEDURE.—Amendments made to a des-3
ignation in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be 4
effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 5
Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(2) 6
shall apply to an amended designation upon such 7
publication. Paragraphs (2)(A)(i), (4), (5), (6), (7), 8
and (8) of subsection (a) shall also apply to an 9
amended designation. 10
(3) A
DMINISTRATIVE RECORD .—The adminis-11
trative record shall be corrected to include the 12
amendments as well as any additional relevant infor-13
mation that supports those amendments. 14
(4) C
LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Secretary 15
may consider classified information in amending a 16
designation in accordance with this subsection. Clas-17
sified information shall not be subject to disclosure 18
for such time as it remains classified, except that 19
such information may be disclosed to a court ex 20
parte and in camera for purposes of judicial review 21
under subsection (c). 22
(c) J
UDICIALREVIEW OFDESIGNATION.— 23
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 24
publication in the Federal Register of a designation, 25
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an amended designation, or a determination in re-1
sponse to a petition for revocation, the designated 2
organization may seek judicial review in the United 3
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 4
Circuit. 5
(2) B
ASIS OF REVIEW.—Review under this sub-6
section shall be based solely upon the administrative 7
record, except that the Government may submit, for 8
ex parte and in camera review, classified information 9
used in making the designation, amended designa-10
tion, or determination in response to a petition for 11
revocation. 12
(3) S
COPE OF REVIEW.—The Court shall hold 13
unlawful and set aside a designation, amended des-14
ignation, or determination in response to a petition 15
for revocation the court finds to be— 16
(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis-17
cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with 18
law; 19
(B) contrary to constitutional right, power, 20
privilege, or immunity; 21
(C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, au-22
thority, or limitation, or short of statutory 23
right; 24
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(D) lacking substantial support in the ad-1
ministrative record taken as a whole or in clas-2
sified information submitted to the court under 3
paragraph (2); or 4
(E) not in accord with the procedures re-5
quired by law. 6
(4) J
UDICIAL REVIEW INVOKED .—The pend-7
ency of an action for judicial review of a designation, 8
amended designation, or determination in response 9
to a petition for revocation shall not affect the appli-10
cation of this section, unless the court issues a final 11
order setting aside the designation, amended des-12
ignation, or determination in response to a petition 13
for revocation. 14
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 15
(1) the term ‘‘classified information’’ has the 16
meaning given that term in section 1(a) of the Clas-17
sified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.); 18
(2) the term ‘‘national security’’ means the na-19
tional defense, foreign relations, or economic inter-20
ests of the United States; 21
(3) the term ‘‘foreign organization’’ includes a 22
group of persons or an organization whose leader-23
ship is primarily based in a country outside of the 24
United States; 25
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(4) the term ‘‘relevant committees’’ means the 1
Committees on the Judiciary, Intelligence, and For-2
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on 3
the Judiciary, Intelligence, and International Rela-4
tions of the House of Representatives; and 5
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 6
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 7
Treasury and the Attorney General. 8
(e) D
ESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall designate 9
the following organizations as Special Transnational 10
Criminal Organizations: 11
(1) Sinaloa Cartel. 12
(2) Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 13
(3) Beltran-Leyva Organization. 14
(4) Cartel del Noreste and Los Zetas. 15
(5) Guerreros Unidos. 16
(6) Gulf Cartel. 17
(7) Juarez Cartel and La Linea. 18
(8) La Familia Michoacana. 19
(9) Los Rojos. 20
SEC. 107. MONTHLY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU-21
RITY REPORTS ON MIGRANTS. 22
Not later than the fifteenth day of the second full 23
month after the date of the enactment of this Act and 24
not later than the fifteenth day of each month thereafter, 25
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the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 1
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 2
(CBP), shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-3
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 4
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 5
Senate a report relating to migrants. Each such report 6
shall cover the period of the immediately preceding month, 7
and include information relating to the following: 8
(1) The total number of U.S. Border Patrol ap-9
prehensions. 10
(2) The total number of inadmissible aliens en-11
countered by the Office of Field Operations (OFO) 12
of CBP. 13
(3) The total number of migrants (including ap-14
prehensions and inadmissibles under paragraphs (1) 15
and (2), respectively) voluntarily returned to Mexico. 16
(4) The total number of migrants placed into 17
expedited removal pursuant to section 235(b)(1) of 18
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 19
1225(b)(1)). 20
(5) The total number of migrants placed into 21
expedited removal who claimed credible fear pursu-22
ant to section 235(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Immigration 23
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)(ii)). 24
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(6) The total number of migrants placed into 1
expedited removal who claimed credible fear pursu-2
ant to such section who received a positive deter-3
mination relating thereto. 4
(7) The total number of migrants who were de-5
tained by CBP. 6
(8) The total number of migrants whose deten-7
tion was transferred by CBP to U.S. Immigration 8
and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 9
(9) The total number of migrants paroled into 10
the United States pursuant to section 212(d)(5)(A) 11
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 12
1182(d)(5)(A)). 13
(10) The total number of migrants released on 14
bond into the United States pursuant to section 15
236(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 16
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(a)(2)(A)). 17
(11) The total number of migrants released on 18
their own recognizance into the United States pursu-19
ant to section 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 20
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(a)(2)(B)) or any 21
other provision of such Act. 22
(12) The total number of migrants released on 23
conditional parole into the United States pursuant 24
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to section 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Na-1
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(a)(2)(B)). 2
(13) The total number of migrants released on 3
any other ground, including specifications of which 4
such grounds, into the United States. 5
(14) The total number of migrants issued a No-6
tice to Appear. 7
(15) The total number of migrants issued a No-8
tice to Report. 9
(16) The total number of migrants released into 10
the United States to appear at an ICE Field Office. 11
(17) The total number of migrants released into 12
the United States to appear at an ICE Field Office 13
who failed to appear. 14
(18) The total number of migrants released into 15
the United States to check-in at an ICE Field Of-16
fice, whose appearance was waived. 17
(19) The total number of migrants issued a No-18
tice to Appear who failed to appear at an Initial 19
Master Calendar hearing. 20
(20) The total number of migrants issued a No-21
tice to Appear who failed to appear at an initial 22
Master Calendar hearing who were ordered removed 23
from the United States. 24
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SEC. 108. DEFINITIONS. 1
In this title: 2
(1) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -3
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-4
mittees’’ means— 5
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 6
Committee on Homeland Security, and the Per-7
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 8
House of Representatives; and 9
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 10
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-11
ernmental Affairs, and the Select Committee on 12
Intelligence of the Senate. 13
(2) C
ONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT -14
TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com-15
mittees’’ means the Permanent Select Committee on 16
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 17
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 18
(3) C
OVERED FOREIGN COUNTRIES .—The term 19
‘‘covered foreign countries’’ means Mexico, Guate-20
mala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa 21
Rica, Panama, Belize, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, 22
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, 23
Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 24
(4) H
UMAN TRAFFICKING .—The term ‘‘human 25
trafficking’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘severe 26
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forms of trafficking in persons’’ by section 103 of 1
the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 2
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 3
(5) I
NTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The term 4
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 5
that term in section 3 of the National Security Act 6
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 7
TITLE II—ELIMINATING FUND-8
ING FOR CARTEL SAFE HAR-9
BOR JURISDICTIONS 10
SEC. 201. INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS OF CER-11
TAIN JURISDICTIONS THAT VIOLATE THE IM-12
MIGRATION LAWS. 13
(a) I
NELIGIBLEJURISDICTIONS.—A State or unit of 14
local government is an ineligible jurisdiction for purposes 15
of this section if that State or unit of local government— 16
(1) violates section 642 of the Illegal Immigra-17
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 18
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); 19
(2) otherwise restricts compliance with a de-20
tainer issued by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-21
rity; or 22
(3) has any law or policy in effect that violates 23
the immigration laws. 24
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(b) ANNUALDETERMINATION OFINELIGIBLEJURIS-1
DICTIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 2
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-3
retary of Homeland Security shall make a determination 4
as to whether each State or unit of local government is 5
an ineligible jurisdiction under subsection (a) and submit 6
such determinations to Congress. 7
(c) P
ROHIBITION ONFEDERALFINANCIALASSIST-8
ANCE.—A State or unit of local government that is deter-9
mined to be an ineligible jurisdiction may not receive any 10
Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined in 11
section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code) for the 12
fiscal year following any fiscal year in which the Secretary 13
of Homeland Security determines that the State or unit 14
of local government is an ineligible jurisdiction under sub-15
section (b). 16
TITLE III—TARGETING CARTEL 17
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE 18
BORDER 19
SEC. 301. ENDING FAMILY SEPARATION AND PROTECTION 20
OF MINORS. 21
(a) P
ROMOTINGFAMILYUNITY.—Section 235 of the 22
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reau-23
thorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) is amended by 24
adding at the end the following: 25
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‘‘(j) PROMOTINGFAMILYUNITY.— 1
‘‘(1) D
ETENTION OF ALIEN MINORS .— 2
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 3
other provision of law, judicial determination, 4
consent decree, or settlement agreement, the 5
Secretary of Homeland Security may detain any 6
alien minor (other than an unaccompanied alien 7
child) who is inadmissible to the United States 8
under section 212(a) of the Immigration and 9
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) or remov-10
able from the United States under section 11
237(a) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) pending 12
the completion of removal proceedings, regard-13
less of whether the alien minor was previously 14
an unaccompanied alien child. 15
‘‘(B) P
RIORITY REMOVAL CASES .—The At-16
torney General shall— 17
‘‘(i) prioritize the removal proceedings 18
of an alien minor, or a family unit that in-19
cludes an alien minor, detained under sub-20
paragraph (A); and 21
‘‘(ii) set a case completion goal of not 22
more than 100 days for such proceedings. 23
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‘‘(C) DETENTION AND RELEASE DECI -1
SIONS.—The decision to detain or release an 2
alien minor described in subparagraph (A)— 3
‘‘(i) shall be governed solely by sec-4
tions 212(d)(5), 217, 235, 236, and 241 of 5
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 6
U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 1187, 1225, 1226, and 7
1231) and implementing regulations or 8
policies; and 9
‘‘(ii) shall not be governed by stand-10
ards, requirements, restrictions, or proce-11
dures contained in a judicial decree or set-12
tlement relating to the authority to detain 13
or release alien minors. 14
‘‘(2) C
ONDITIONS OF DETENTION .— 15
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 16
other provision of law, judicial determination, 17
consent decree, or settlement agreement, the 18
Secretary of Homeland Security shall deter-19
mine, in the sole discretion of the Secretary, the 20
conditions of detention applicable to an alien 21
minor described in paragraph (1)(A) regardless 22
of whether the alien minor was previously an 23
unaccompanied alien child. 24
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‘‘(B) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A determina-1
tion under subparagraph (A) shall not be sub-2
ject to judicial review. 3
‘‘(3) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 4
this section— 5
‘‘(A) affects the eligibility for bond or pa-6
role of an alien; or 7
‘‘(B) limits the authority of a court to hear 8
a claim arising under the Constitution of the 9
United States. 10
‘‘(4) P
REEMPTION OF STATE LICENSING RE -11
QUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 12
of law, judicial determination, consent decree, or set-13
tlement agreement, a State may not require an im-14
migration detention facility used to detain families 15
consisting of one or more children who have not at-16
tained 18 years of age and the parents or legal 17
guardians of such children, that is located in the 18
State, to be licensed by the State or any political 19
subdivision thereof. 20
‘‘(5) C
ONDITIONS OF CUSTODY .—The Secretary 21
of Homeland Security shall ensure that each— 22
‘‘(A) family residential facility is secure 23
and safe; and 24
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‘‘(B) alien child and accompanying parent 1
at a family residential facility has— 2
‘‘(i) suitable living accommodations; 3
‘‘(ii) access to drinking water and 4
food; 5
‘‘(iii) timely access to medical assist-6
ance, including mental health assistance; 7
and 8
‘‘(iv) access to any other service nec-9
essary for the adequate care of a minor 10
child. 11
‘‘(6) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 12
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 13
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. 14
‘‘(k) A
PPLICABILITY OFCONSENTDECREES, SET-15
TLEMENTS, ANDJUDICIALDETERMINATIONS.— 16
‘‘(1) F
LORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT INAP -17
PLICABLE.—Any conduct or activity that was, before 18
the date of the enactment of this subsection, subject 19
to any restriction or obligation imposed by the stipu-20
lated settlement agreement filed on January 17, 21
1997, in the United States District Court for the 22
Central District of California in Flores v. Reno, CV 23
85–4544–RJK, (commonly known as the ‘Flores set-24
tlement agreement’), or imposed by any amendment 25
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of that agreement or judicial determination based on 1
that agreement— 2
‘‘(A) shall be subject to the restrictions 3
and obligations in subsection (j) or imposed by 4
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 5
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public 6
Law 110–457); and 7
‘‘(B) shall not be subject to the restrictions 8
and the obligations imposed by such settlement 9
agreement or judicial determination. 10
‘‘(2) O
THER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS OR 11
CONSENT DECREES.—In any civil action with respect 12
to the conditions of detention of alien children, the 13
court shall not enter or approve a settlement agree-14
ment or consent decree unless it complies with the 15
limitations set forth in subsection (j).’’. 16
SEC. 302. STOPPING ASYLUM FRAUD. 17
(a) S
TANDARDSTODETERFRAUD ANDADVANCE 18
M
ERITORIOUSASYLUMCLAIMS.—Section 235(b)(1)(B) of 19
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 20
1225(b)(1)(B)) is amended— 21
(1) by amending clause (v) to read as follows: 22
‘‘(v) C
REDIBLE FEAR OF PERSECU -23
TION.— 24
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‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For purposes 1
of this subparagraph, the term ‘cred-2
ible fear of persecution’ means that it 3
is more likely than not that the alien 4
would be able to establish eligibility 5
for asylum under section 208— 6
‘‘(aa) taking into account 7
such facts as are known to the 8
officer; and 9
‘‘(bb) only if the officer has 10
determined, under subsection 11
(b)(1)(B)(iii) of such section, 12
that it is more likely than not 13
that the statements made by the 14
alien or on behalf of the alien are 15
true. 16
‘‘(II) B
ARS TO ASYLUM .—An 17
alien shall not be determined to have 18
a credible fear of persecution if the 19
alien is prohibited from applying for 20
or receiving asylum, including an alien 21
subject to a limitation or condition 22
under subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) (in-23
cluding a regulation promulgated 24
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under such subsection) of section 1
208.’’; and 2
(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(vi) E
LIGIBILITY FOR RELIEF.— 4
‘‘(I) C
REDIBLE FEAR REVIEW BY 5
IMMIGRATION JUDGE .—An alien de-6
termined to have a credible fear of 7
persecution shall be referred to an im-8
migration judge for review of such de-9
termination, which shall be limited to 10
a determination whether the alien— 11
‘‘(aa) is eligible for asylum 12
under section 208, withholding of 13
removal under section 241(b)(3), 14
or protection under the Conven-15
tion Against Torture and Other 16
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading 17
Treatment or Punishment, done 18
at New York, December 10, 1984 19
(referred to in this clause as the 20
‘Convention Against Torture)’; 21
and 22
‘‘(bb) merits a grant of asy-23
lum in the exercise of discretion. 24
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‘‘(II) ALIENS WITH REASONABLE 1
FEAR OF PERSECUTION .— 2
‘‘(aa) I
N GENERAL.—Except 3
as provided in item (bb), if an 4
alien referred under subpara-5
graph (A)(ii) is determined to 6
have a reasonable fear of perse-7
cution or torture, the alien shall 8
be eligible only for consideration 9
of an application for withholding 10
of removal under section 11
241(b)(3) or protection under the 12
Convention Against Torture. 13
‘‘(bb) E
XCEPTION.—An 14
alien shall not be eligible for con-15
sideration of an application for 16
relief under item (aa) if the fail-17
ure of the alien to establish a 18
credible fear of persecution pre-19
cludes the alien from eligibility 20
for such relief. 21
‘‘(cc) L
IMITATION.—An 22
alien whose application for relief 23
is adjudicated under item (aa) 24
shall not be eligible for any other 25
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form of relief or protection from 1
removal. 2
‘‘(vii) I
NELIGIBILITY FOR REMOVAL 3
PROCEEDINGS.—An alien referred under 4
subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not be eligible 5
for a hearing under section 240.’’. 6
(b) A
UTHORITY FOR CERTAINALIENSTOAPPLY 7
FORASYLUM.—Section 208(a)(2) of the Immigration and 8
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)) is amended by add-9
ing at the end the following: 10
‘‘(F) I
NELIGIBILITY FOR ASYLUM .— 11
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 12
any other provision of law, including para-13
graph (1), except as provided in clause (ii), 14
an alien is ineligible for asylum if the 15
alien— 16
‘‘(I) has been convicted of a fel-17
ony; 18
‘‘(II) is inadmissible under sec-19
tion 212(a) (except paragraphs (4), 20
(5), and (7)); 21
‘‘(III) has been previously re-22
moved from the United States; or 23
‘‘(IV) is a national or habitual 24
resident of— 25
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‘‘(aa) a country in Central 1
America that has a refugee appli-2
cation and processing center; or 3
‘‘(bb) a country contiguous 4
to such a country (other than 5
Mexico). 6
‘‘(ii) E
XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding 7
clause (i), paragraph (1) shall not apply to 8
any alien who is present in the United 9
States on the date of the enactment of this 10
subparagraph.’’. 11
SEC. 303. HIRING AUTHORITY. 12
(a) I
MMIGRATIONJUDGES.—The Attorney General 13
shall increase— 14
(1) the number of immigration judges by not 15
fewer than an additional 500 judges, as compared to 16
the number of immigration judges as of the date of 17
the enactment of this Act; and 18
(2) the corresponding number of support staff, 19
as necessary. 20
(b) I
MMIGRATION AND CUSTOMSENFORCEMENTAT-21
TORNEYS.—The Director of U.S. Immigration and Cus-22
toms Enforcement shall increase the number of attorneys 23
and staff employed by U.S. Immigration and Customs En-24
forcement by the number that is consistent with the work-25
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load staffing model to support the increase in immigration 1
judges. 2
(c) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 3
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 4
necessary for— 5
(1) the hiring of immigration judges, support 6
staff, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-7
ment attorneys under this section; and 8
(2) the lease, purchase, or construction of facili-9
ties or equipment (including video teleconferencing 10
equipment and equipment for electronic filing of im-11
migration cases), and the transfer of federally owned 12
temporary housing units to serve as facilities, for— 13
(A) the increased number of immigration 14
judges, attorneys, and support staff under this 15
section; and 16
(B) conducting immigration court pro-17
ceedings in close proximity to the locations at 18
which aliens are apprehended and detained. 19
SEC. 304. REFUGEE APPLICATION AND PROCESSING CEN-20
TERS. 21
(a) D
EFINITION.—Section 101(a) of the Immigration 22
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by 23
adding at the end the following: 24
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‘‘(53) The term ‘refugee application and proc-1
essing center’— 2
‘‘(A) means a facility designated under sec-3
tion 207(g) by the Secretary of State to accept 4
and process applications for refugee admissions 5
to the United States; and 6
‘‘(B) may include a United States em-7
bassy, consulate, or other diplomatic facility.’’. 8
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—Section 207 of the Immigration 9
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended by add-10
ing at the end the following: 11
‘‘(g) R
EFUGEEAPPLICATION ANDPROCESSINGCEN-12
TERS.— 13
‘‘(1) D
ESIGNATION.—Not later than 240 days 14
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 15
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-16
retary of Homeland Security, shall designate refugee 17
application and processing centers outside the 18
United States. 19
‘‘(2) L
OCATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall 20
establish— 21
‘‘(A) 1 refugee application and processing 22
center in Mexico; and 23
‘‘(B) not fewer than 3 refugee application 24
and processing centers in Central America at 25
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locations selected by the Secretary of State, in 1
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 2
Security. 3
‘‘(3) D
UTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE .—The 4
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec-5
retary of Homeland Security, shall ensure that any 6
alien who is a national or habitual resident of a 7
country in which a refugee application and proc-8
essing center is located, or a country contiguous to 9
such a country, may apply for refugee status at a 10
refugee application and processing center in that 11
country. 12
‘‘(4) A
DJUDICATION BY ASYLUM OFFICERS .— 13
An application for refugee status submitted to a ref-14
ugee application and processing center shall be adju-15
dicated by a asylum officer. 16
‘‘(5) P
RIORITY.—The Secretary of State shall 17
ensure that refugee application and processing cen-18
ters accord priority to applications submitted— 19
‘‘(A) by aliens who have been referred by 20
an authorized nongovernmental organization, as 21
determined by the Secretary of State; 22
‘‘(B) not later than 90 days after the date 23
on which such referral is made; and 24
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‘‘(C) in accordance with the requirements 1
and procedures established by the Secretary of 2
State under this subsection. 3
‘‘(6) N
UMBER OF REFERRALS AND GRANTS OF 4
ADMISSION FOR REFUGEES .—The admission to the 5
United States of refugees under this subsection shall 6
be subject to the limitations, including the numerical 7
limitations, under this section. 8
‘‘(7) A
PPLICATION FEES.— 9
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary of 10
State and the Secretary of Homeland Security 11
shall charge, collect, and account for fees pre-12
scribed by each such Secretary pursuant to sub-13
sections (m) and (n) of section 286 and section 14
9701 of title 31, United States Code, for the 15
purpose of receiving, docketing, processing, and 16
adjudicating an application under this sub-17
section. 18
‘‘(B) B
ASIS FOR FEES.—The fees pre-19
scribed under subparagraph (A) shall be based 20
on a consideration of the amount necessary to 21
deter frivolous applications and the cost for 22
processing the application, including the imple-23
mentation of program integrity and anti-fraud 24
measures.’’. 25
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(c) SUNSET.—The amendments made by this section 1
shall cease to be effective beginning on the date that is 2
three years and 240 days after the date of the enactment 3
of this Act. 4
TITLE IV—REPURPOSING 5
FEDERAL DRUG PROGRAMS 6
SEC. 401. REAUTHORIZATION OF BLOCK GRANTS FOR PRE-7
VENTION AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE 8
ABUSE. 9
Section 1935(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 10
U.S.C. 300x–35(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘ 11
$1,908,079,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 12
2027’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,961,600,000 for each of fiscal 13
years 2025 through 2029’’. 14
SEC. 402. OFFSETTING REPEALS. 15
(a) S
UBSTANCEABUSETREATMENTPROGRAMS OF 16
R
EGIONAL ANDNATIONALSIGNIFICANCE.—Section 509 17
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–2) is 18
hereby repealed. 19
(b) D
RUG-FREECOMMUNITIES SUPPORTPRO-20
GRAM.—Chapter 2 of subtitle A of title I of the National 21
Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1521 et 22
seq.) is hereby repealed. 23
(c) C
OMMUNITYMENTALHEALTHSERVICESBLOCK 24
G
RANT.—Subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public 25
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Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x et seq.) is hereby re-1
pealed. 2
(d) G
RANTS FORJAILDIVERSIONPROGRAMS.—Sec-3
tion 520G of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 4
290bb–38) is hereby repealed. 5
(e) P
ROJECTAWARE; CERTIFIEDCOMMUNITYBE-6
HAVIORALHEALTHCLINICSEXPANSIONGRANTS.—The 7
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall terminate 8
by the end of fiscal year 2025, and not establish any suc-9
cessor programs to, the following programs carried out 10
under section 520A of the Public Health Service Act (42 11
U.S.C. 290bb–32): 12
(1) Project AWARE. 13
(2) The Certified Community Behavioral 14
Health Clinics Expansion Grants program. 15
(f) P
RIORITYSUBSTANCEUSEDISORDERPREVEN-16
TIONNEEDS OFREGIONAL AND NATIONALSIGNIFI-17
CANCE.—Section 516 of the Public Health Service Act (42 18
U.S.C. 290bb–22) is hereby repealed. 19
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