United States HR 1700: Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

Bill Text

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116THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
H. R. 1700 
To  direct  the  Secretary  of  State  to  submit  to  Congress  a  report  on  the  
designation  of  the  Reynosa/Los  Metros  faction  of  the  Gulf  Cartel,  the  
Jalisco  New  Generation  Cartel,  and  the  Cartel  Del  Noreste  faction  of  
Los  Zetas  as  foreign  terrorist  organizations,  and  for  other  purposes.  
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
MARCH12, 2019 
Mr. R
OY(for himself and Mr. GREENof Tennessee) 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  Reynosa/Los  Metros  
faction  of  the  Gulf  Cartel,  the  Jalisco  New  Generation  
Cartel,  and  the  Cartel  Del  Noreste  faction  of  Los  Zetas  
as  foreign  terrorist  organizations,  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— 5
(1)  each  of  the  drug  cartels  set  forth  in  section  6
2(a)(2)  meet  the  criteria  for  designation  as  a  foreign  7
terrorist  organization  as  set  forth  in  section  219  of  8
the   Immigration   and   Nationality   Act   (8   U.S.C.   9
1189); and 10
(2) the Secretary of State should designate each 11
of  the  following  Mexican  drug  cartels  as  a  foreign  12
terrorist organization under such section 219: 13
(A)  The  Reynosa/Los  Metros  faction  of  the  14
Gulf Cartel. 15
(B) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 16
(C)  The  Cartel  Del  Noreste  faction  of  Los  17
Zetas. 18
(b) R
EPORT.— 19
(1)   R
EPORT   REQUIRED.—Not   later   than   30   20
days  after  the  date  of  the  enactment  of  this  Act,  the  21
Secretary  of  State,  in  consultation  with  the  Director  22
of  National  Intelligence,  shall  submit  to  the  appro-23
priate committees of Congress— 24
(A)  a  detailed  report  on  whether  each  of  25
the  drug  cartels  listed  in  section  (2)(a)(2)  meet  26
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the  criteria  for  designation  as  a  foreign  ter-1
rorist  organization  as  set  forth  in  section  219  2
of   the   Immigration   and   Nationality   Act   (8   3
U.S.C. 1189); and 4
(B)  if  the  Secretary  determines  that  any  of  5
the  drug  cartels  do  not  meet  the  criteria  set  6
forth  under  such  section  219,  a  detailed  jus-7
tification  as  to  which  criteria  have  not  been  8
met. 9
(2)  F
ORM.—The  report  required  by  paragraph  10
(1) shall— 11
(A)  be  submitted  in  unclassified  form,  but  12
may include a classified annex; and 13
(B)  be  made  available  only  in  electronic  14
form  and  shall  not  be  printed,  except  if  a  print-15
ed  copy  is  requested  by  an  office  of  the  legisla-16
tive branch. 17
(3)  A
PPROPRIATE   COMMITTEES   OF   CONGRESS 18
DEFINED.—In   this   subsection,   the   term   ‘‘appro-19
priate committees of Congress’’ means— 20
(A)  the  Committee  on  Armed  Services,  the  21
Committee   on   Financial   Services,   the   Com-22
mittee  on  Foreign  Affairs,  the  Committee  on  23
the  Judiciary,  the  Committee  on  Homeland  Se-24
curity,  and  the  Permanent  Select  Committee  on  25
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Intelligence  of  the  House  of  Representatives;  1
and 2
(B)  the  Committee  on  Armed  Services,  the  3
Committee  on  Banking,  Housing,  and  Urban  4
Affairs,  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations,  5
the  Committee  on  the  Judiciary,  the  Committee  6
on  Homeland  Security  and  Governmental  Af-7
fairs,  and  the  Select  Committee  on  Intelligence  8
of the Senate. 9
Æ 
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