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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 150 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State |
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| 6 | 6 | | to implement a strategy to combat the efforts of transnational criminal |
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| 7 | 7 | | organizations to recruit individuals in the United States via social media |
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| 8 | 8 | | platforms and other online services and assess their use of such platforms |
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| 9 | 9 | | and services for illicit activities. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY17, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. K |
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| 13 | 13 | | ELLY(for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. TILLIS, and Mr. GALLEGO) in- |
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| 14 | 14 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 15 | 15 | | mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Secretary of State to implement a strategy to combat |
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| 19 | 19 | | the efforts of transnational criminal organizations to re- |
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| 20 | 20 | | cruit individuals in the United States via social media |
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| 21 | 21 | | platforms and other online services and assess their use |
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| 22 | 22 | | of such platforms and services for illicit activities. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Cartels on 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Social Media Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) A |
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| 34 | 34 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | mittees’’ means— 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Relations of the Senate; and 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) the Committee on Homeland Security, 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | resentatives. 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) C |
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| 46 | 46 | | OVERED OPERATOR .—The term ‘‘covered 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | operator’’ means the operator, developer, or pub-15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | lisher of a covered service. 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) C |
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| 50 | 50 | | OVERED SERVICE.—The term ‘‘covered 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | service’’ means— 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (A) a social media platform; 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) a mobile or desktop service with direct 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | or group messaging capabilities, but not includ-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ing text messaging services without other sub-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | stantial social functionalities or electronic mail 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | services, that the Secretary of Homeland Secu-24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | rity determines is being or has been used by 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | transnational criminal organizations in connec-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tion with matters described in section 3; or 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (C) a digital platform, or an electronic ap-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | plication utilizing the digital platform, involving 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | real-time interactive communication between 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | multiple individuals, including multi-player 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | gaming services and immersive technology plat-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | forms or applications, that the Secretary of 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Homeland Security determines is being or has 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | been used by transnational criminal organiza-10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tions in connection with matters described in 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | section 3. 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (4) C |
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| 75 | 75 | | RIMINAL ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘crimi-13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | nal enterprise’’ has the meaning given the term 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘continuing criminal enterprise’’ in section 408 of 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848). 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (5) I |
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| 80 | 80 | | LLICIT ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘illicit ac-17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | tivities’’ means the following criminal activities that 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | transcend national borders: 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (A) A violation of section 401 of the Con-20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841). 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (B) Narcotics trafficking, as defined in 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | section 808 of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1907). 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (C) Weapons trafficking. 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (D) Migrant smuggling, defined as a viola-1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | tion of section 274(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Immigra-2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii)). 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (E) Human trafficking, defined as— 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (i) a violation of section 1590, 1591, 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | or 1592 of title 18, United States Code; or 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (ii) engaging in severe forms of traf-8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ficking in persons, as defined in section 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio-10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 7102). 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (F) Cyber crime, defined as a violation of 13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | section 1030 of title 18, United States Code. 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (G) A violation of any provision that is 15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | subject to intellectual property enforcement, as 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | defined in section 302 of the Prioritizing Re-17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | sources and Organization for Intellectual Prop-18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | erty Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 8112). 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (H) Bulk cash smuggling of currency, de-20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | fined as a violation of section 5332 of title 31, 21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | United States Code. 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (I) Laundering the proceeds of the crimi-23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | nal activities described in subparagraphs (A) 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | through (H). 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (6) TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZA -1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | TION.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza-2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | tion’’ means a group, or network, and associated in-3 |
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| 123 | 123 | | dividuals, that operate transnationally for the pur-4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | poses of obtaining power, influence, or monetary or 5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | commercial gain, wholly or in part by certain unlaw-6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ful means, while advancing their activities through a 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | pattern of crime, corruption, or violence, and while 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | protecting their unlawful activities through a 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | transnational organizational structure and the ex-10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ploitation of public corruption or transnational logis-11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | tics, financial, or communication mechanisms. 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF ILLICIT USAGE. 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the At-15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | torney General, and the Secretary of State shall submit 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | to the appropriate congressional committees a joint assess-17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ment describing— 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (1) the use of covered services by transnational 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, to 21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | engage in recruitment efforts, including the recruit-22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ment of individuals located in the United States, to 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | engage in or provide support with respect to illicit 24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | activities occurring in the United States, Mexico, or 25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | otherwise in proximity to an international border of 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | the United States; 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (2) the use of covered services by transnational 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting 4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, to 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | engage in illicit activities or conduct in support of il-6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | licit activities, including— 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (A) smuggling or trafficking involving nar-8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | cotics, other controlled substances, precursors 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | thereof, or other items prohibited under the 10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | laws of the United States, Mexico, or another 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | relevant jurisdiction, including firearms; 12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (B) human smuggling or trafficking, with 13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | a particular focus on the exploitation of chil-14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | dren; and 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (C) transportation of bulk currency or 16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | monetary instruments in furtherance of smug-17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | gling or trafficking; and 18 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (3) the existing efforts of the Secretary of 19 |
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| 167 | 167 | | Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Sec-20 |
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| 168 | 168 | | retary of State, and relevant government and law 21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | enforcement entities to counter, monitor, or other-22 |
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| 170 | 170 | | wise respond to the usage of covered services de-23 |
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| 171 | 171 | | scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2). 24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO COMBAT CARTEL RECRUITMENT ON 1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE PLATFORMS. 2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (a) I |
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| 178 | 178 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 3 |
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| 179 | 179 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 4 |
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| 180 | 180 | | Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State 5 |
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| 181 | 181 | | shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 6 |
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| 182 | 182 | | a joint strategy, to be known as the ‘‘National Strategy 7 |
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| 183 | 183 | | to Combat Illicit Recruitment Activity by Transnational 8 |
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| 184 | 184 | | Criminal Organizations on Social Media and Online Plat-9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | forms’’, to combat the use of covered services by 10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | transnational criminal organizations, or criminal enter-11 |
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| 187 | 187 | | prises acting on behalf of transnational criminal organiza-12 |
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| 188 | 188 | | tions, to recruit individuals located in the United States 13 |
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| 189 | 189 | | to engage in or provide support for unlawful activities oc-14 |
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| 190 | 190 | | curring in the United States, Mexico, or otherwise in prox-15 |
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| 191 | 191 | | imity to an international border of the United States. 16 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (b) E |
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| 193 | 193 | | LEMENTS.— 17 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (1) I |
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| 195 | 195 | | N GENERAL.—The strategy required under 18 |
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| 196 | 196 | | subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the fol-19 |
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| 197 | 197 | | lowing: 20 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (A) A proposal to improve cooperation be-21 |
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| 199 | 199 | | tween the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 22 |
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| 200 | 200 | | Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and 23 |
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| 201 | 201 | | relevant law enforcement entities. 24 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (B) Recommendations to implement a 25 |
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| 203 | 203 | | process for the voluntary reporting of informa-26 |
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| 207 | 207 | | tion regarding the recruitment efforts of 1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | transnational criminal organizations, or crimi-2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | nal enterprises acting on behalf of transnational 3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | criminal organizations, in the United States in-4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | volving covered services. 5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (C) A proposal to improve 6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | intragovernmental coordination with respect to 7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the matters described in subsection (a), includ-8 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ing between the Department of Homeland Secu-9 |
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| 216 | 216 | | rity, the Department of Justice, the Depart-10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ment of State, and State, Tribal, and local gov-11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ernments. 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (D) A proposal to improve coordination 13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | within the Department of Homeland Security, 14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the Department of Justice, and the Department 15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | of State and between the components of those 16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | Departments with respect to the matters de-17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | scribed in subsection (a). 18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (E) Activities to facilitate increased intel-19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ligence analysis for law enforcement purposes of 20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | efforts of transnational criminal organizations, 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | transnational criminal organizations, to utilize 23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | covered services for recruitment to engage in or 24 |
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| 231 | 231 | | provide support with respect to illicit activities. 25 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (F) Activities to foster international part-1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | nerships and enhance collaboration with foreign 2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | governments and, as applicable, multilateral in-3 |
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| 238 | 238 | | stitutions, with respect to the matters described 4 |
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| 239 | 239 | | in subsection (a). 5 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (G) Activities to specifically increase en-6 |
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| 241 | 241 | | gagement and outreach with youth in border 7 |
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| 242 | 242 | | communities, including regarding the recruit-8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ment tactics of transnational criminal organiza-9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | tions, or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | transnational criminal organizations, and the 11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | consequences of participation in illicit activities. 12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (H) A detailed description of the measures 13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | used to ensure— 14 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (i) law enforcement and intelligence 15 |
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| 250 | 250 | | activities focus on the recruitment activi-16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ties of transitional criminal organizations, 17 |
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| 252 | 252 | | or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of 18 |
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| 253 | 253 | | transnational criminal organizations, rath-19 |
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| 254 | 254 | | er than individuals the transnational crimi-20 |
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| 255 | 255 | | nal organizations or enterprises attempt to 21 |
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| 256 | 256 | | or successfully recruit; and 22 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (ii) the protection of privacy rights, 23 |
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| 258 | 258 | | civil rights, and civil liberties in carrying 24 |
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| 259 | 259 | | out the activities described in clause (i), 25 |
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| 263 | 263 | | with a particular focus on the protections 1 |
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| 264 | 264 | | in place to protect minors and constitu-2 |
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| 265 | 265 | | tionally protected activities. 3 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (2) L |
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| 267 | 267 | | IMITATION.—The strategy required under 4 |
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| 268 | 268 | | subsection (a) shall not include legislative rec-5 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ommendations or elements predicated on the passage 6 |
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| 270 | 270 | | of legislation that is not enacted as of the date on 7 |
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| 271 | 271 | | which the strategy is submitted under subsection 8 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (a). 9 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (c) C |
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| 274 | 274 | | ONSULTATION.—In drafting and implementing 10 |
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| 275 | 275 | | the strategy required under subsection (a), the Secretary 11 |
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| 276 | 276 | | of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Sec-12 |
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| 277 | 277 | | retary of State shall, at a minimum, consult and engage 13 |
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| 278 | 278 | | with— 14 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (1) the heads of relevant components of the De-15 |
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| 280 | 280 | | partment of Homeland Security, including— 16 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (A) the Under Secretary for Intelligence 17 |
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| 282 | 282 | | and Analysis; 18 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (B) the Under Secretary for Strategy, Pol-19 |
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| 284 | 284 | | icy, and Plans; 20 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (C) the Under Secretary for Science and 21 |
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| 286 | 286 | | Technology; 22 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (D) the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 23 |
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| 288 | 288 | | and Border Protection; 24 |
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| 293 | 293 | | Customs Enforcement; 2 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (F) the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 3 |
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| 295 | 295 | | Liberties; 4 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (G) the Privacy Officer; and 5 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (H) the Assistant Secretary of the Office 6 |
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| 298 | 298 | | for State and Local Law Enforcement; 7 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (2) the heads of relevant components of the De-8 |
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| 300 | 300 | | partment of Justice, including— 9 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (A) the Assistant Attorney General for the 10 |
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| 302 | 302 | | Criminal Division; 11 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (B) the Assistant Attorney General for Na-12 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tional Security; 13 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (C) the Assistant Attorney General for the 14 |
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| 306 | 306 | | Civil Rights Division; 15 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (D) the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties 16 |
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| 308 | 308 | | Officer; 17 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (E) the Director of the Organized Crime 18 |
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| 310 | 310 | | Drug Enforcement Task Forces; 19 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (F) the Director of the Federal Bureau of 20 |
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| 312 | 312 | | Investigation; and 21 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (G) the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, 22 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 23 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (3) the heads of relevant components of the De-24 |
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| 316 | 316 | | partment of State, including— 25 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (A) the Assistant Secretary for Inter-1 |
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| 321 | 321 | | national Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af-2 |
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| 322 | 322 | | fairs; 3 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (B) the Assistant Secretary for Western 4 |
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| 324 | 324 | | Hemisphere Affairs; and 5 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (C) the Coordinator of the Global Engage-6 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ment Center; 7 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (4) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-8 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ices; 9 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (5) the Secretary of Education; and 10 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (6) as selected by the Secretary of Homeland 11 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Security, or his or her designee in the Office of Pub-12 |
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| 332 | 332 | | lic Engagement, representatives of border commu-13 |
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| 333 | 333 | | nities, including representatives of— 14 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (A) State, Tribal, and local governments, 15 |
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| 335 | 335 | | including school districts and local law enforce-16 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ment; and 17 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (B) nongovernmental experts in the fields 18 |
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| 338 | 338 | | of— 19 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (i) civil rights and civil liberties; 20 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (ii) online privacy; 21 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (iii) humanitarian assistance for mi-22 |
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| 342 | 342 | | grants; and 23 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (iv) youth outreach and rehabilitation. 24 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (d) I |
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| 349 | 349 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 1 |
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| 350 | 350 | | the date on which the strategy required under sub-2 |
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| 351 | 351 | | section (a) is submitted to the appropriate congres-3 |
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| 352 | 352 | | sional committees, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-4 |
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| 353 | 353 | | rity, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of 5 |
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| 354 | 354 | | State shall commence implementation of the strat-6 |
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| 355 | 355 | | egy. 7 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (2) R |
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| 357 | 357 | | EPORT.— 8 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (A) I |
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| 359 | 359 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 9 |
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| 360 | 360 | | days after the date on which the strategy re-10 |
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| 361 | 361 | | quired under subsection (a) is implemented 11 |
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| 362 | 362 | | under paragraph (1), and semiannually there-12 |
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| 363 | 363 | | after for 5 years, the Secretary of Homeland 13 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Security, the Attorney General, and the Sec-14 |
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| 365 | 365 | | retary of State shall submit to the appropriate 15 |
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| 366 | 366 | | congressional committees a joint report describ-16 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ing the efforts of the Secretary of Homeland 17 |
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| 368 | 368 | | Security, the Attorney General, and the Sec-18 |
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| 369 | 369 | | retary of State, respectively, to implement the 19 |
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| 370 | 370 | | strategy required under subsection (a) and the 20 |
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| 371 | 371 | | progress of those efforts, which shall include a 21 |
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| 372 | 372 | | description of— 22 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (i) the recommendations, and cor-23 |
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| 374 | 374 | | responding implementation of those rec-24 |
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| 378 | 378 | | ommendations, with respect to the matters 1 |
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| 379 | 379 | | described in subsection (b)(1)(B); 2 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (ii) the interagency posture with re-3 |
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| 381 | 381 | | spect to the matters covered by the strat-4 |
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| 382 | 382 | | egy required under subsection (a), which 5 |
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| 383 | 383 | | shall include a description of collaboration 6 |
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| 384 | 384 | | between the Secretary of Homeland Secu-7 |
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| 385 | 385 | | rity, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 8 |
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| 386 | 386 | | State, other Federal entities, State, local, 9 |
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| 387 | 387 | | and Tribal entities, foreign governments, 10 |
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| 388 | 388 | | and, as applicable, multilateral institutions; 11 |
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| 389 | 389 | | and 12 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (iii) the threat landscape, including 13 |
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| 391 | 391 | | new developments related to the recruit-14 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ment efforts of transnational criminal or-15 |
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| 393 | 393 | | ganizations, or criminal enterprises acting 16 |
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| 394 | 394 | | on behalf of transnational criminal organi-17 |
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| 395 | 395 | | zations, and the use by such organizations 18 |
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| 396 | 396 | | or enterprises of new or emergent covered 19 |
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| 397 | 397 | | services and recruitment methods. 20 |
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| 398 | 398 | | (B) F |
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| 399 | 399 | | ORM.—Each report required under 21 |
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| 400 | 400 | | subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas-22 |
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| 401 | 401 | | sified form, but may contain a classified annex. 23 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (3) C |
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| 403 | 403 | | IVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND PRI-24 |
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| 404 | 404 | | VACY ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 2 years after 25 |
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| 409 | 409 | | section (a) is implemented under paragraph (1), the 2 |
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| 410 | 410 | | Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the 3 |
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| 411 | 411 | | Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Se-4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | curity, in consultation with the Assistant Attorney 5 |
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| 413 | 413 | | General for the Civil Rights Division and the Chief 6 |
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| 414 | 414 | | Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer of the Depart-7 |
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| 415 | 415 | | ment of Justice, shall submit to the appropriate con-8 |
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| 416 | 416 | | gressional committees a joint report that includes— 9 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (A) a detailed assessment of the measures 10 |
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| 418 | 418 | | used to ensure the protection of civil rights, 11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | civil liberties, and privacy rights in carrying out 12 |
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| 420 | 420 | | this section; and 13 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (B) recommendations to improve the im-14 |
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| 422 | 422 | | plementation of the strategy required under 15 |
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| 423 | 423 | | subsection (a). 16 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (4) R |
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| 425 | 425 | | ULEMAKING.—Prior to implementation of 17 |
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| 426 | 426 | | the strategy required under subsection (a) at the 18 |
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| 427 | 427 | | Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 19 |
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| 428 | 428 | | Homeland Security shall issue rules to carry out this 20 |
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| 429 | 429 | | section in accordance with section 553 of title 5, 21 |
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| 430 | 430 | | United States Code. 22 |
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| 431 | 431 | | SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 23 |
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| 432 | 432 | | Nothing in this Act may be construed to expand the 24 |
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| 433 | 433 | | statutory law enforcement or regulatory authority of the 25 |
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| 438 | 438 | | Justice, or the Department of State. 2 |
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| 439 | 439 | | SEC. 6. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 3 |
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| 440 | 440 | | No additional funds are authorized to be appro-4 |
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| 441 | 441 | | priated for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 5 |
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