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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 885
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the
designation of the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste, the Cartel de
Sinaloa, and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion as foreign terrorist
organizations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY31, 2025
Mr. R
OY(for himself, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr. CLOUD, Mr.
H
IGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. FALLON, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr.
A
RRINGTON, Mr. OGLES, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. VAN
D
UYNE, Mr. SELF, and Mr. WILLIAMSof Texas) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a
report on the designation of the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel
Del Noreste, the Cartel de Sinaloa, and the Cartel de
Jalisco Nueva Generacion as foreign terrorist organiza-
tions, and for other purposes.
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. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug Cartel Terrorist 4
Designation Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CAR-1
TELS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-2
TIONS. 3
(a) S
ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-4
gress that each of the drug cartels set forth in subsection 5
(b) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 6
organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration 7
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 8
(b) D
ESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall des-9
ignate each of the following Mexican drug cartels as a for-10
eign terrorist organization under such section 219: 11
(1) The Gulf Cartel. 12
(2) The Cartel Del Noreste. 13
(3) The Cartel de Sinaloa. 14
(4) The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion. 15
(c) R
EPORT.— 16
(1) R
EPORT REQUIRED .—Not later than 30 17
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 18
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 19
of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro-20
priate committees of Congress— 21
(A) a detailed report on each of the drug 22
cartels listed in subsection (b) and any other 23
cartels the Secretary may identify, including the 24
criteria met for designation as a foreign ter-25
rorist organization as set forth in section 219 26
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of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 1
U.S.C. 1189); and 2
(B) for each of the cartels designated 3
under subsection (b), if the Secretary deter-4
mines that the drug cartel does not meet the 5
criteria set forth under such section 219, a de-6
tailed justification as to which criteria have not 7
been met. 8
(2) D
ESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL CARTELS .— 9
Not later than 30 days after the submission of the 10
report the Secretary shall designate any cartel or 11
any faction thereof as a foreign terrorist organiza-12
tion listed in the report that met the criteria for des-13
ignation as a foreign terrorist organization as set 14
forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation-15
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 16
(3) F
ORM.—The report required by paragraph 17
(1) shall— 18
(A) be submitted in unclassified form, but 19
may include a classified annex; and 20
(B) be made available only in electronic 21
form and shall not be printed, except if a print-22
ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla-23
tive branch. 24
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(4) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 1
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro-2
priate committees of Congress’’ means— 3
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 4
Committee on Financial Services, the Com-5
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 6
the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se-7
curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 8
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 9
and 10
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 11
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 12
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 13
the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 14
on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-15
fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 16
of the Senate. 17
(d) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 18
may be construed to expand the eligibility for asylum of 19
any alien by reason of the designation of a drug cartel 20
as a foreign terrorist organization. 21
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