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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9752 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9752

 To require a homeland security southwest border threat assessment on 
 Tren de Aragua and associated strategic plan, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2024

Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Correa, and Mr. D'Esposito) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL

 
 To require a homeland security southwest border threat assessment on 
 Tren de Aragua and associated strategic plan, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tren de Aragua Southwest Border 
Security Threat Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY SOUTHWEST BORDER THREAT ASSESSMENT ON TREN DE 
              ARAGUA; STRATEGIC PLAN.

    (a) Threat Assessment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        in consultation with the intelligence community and the heads 
        of other relevant Federal departments or agencies as the 
        Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a southwest border threat 
        assessment regarding Tren de Aragua (in this section referred 
        to as the ``threat assessment'').
            (2) Elements.--The threat assessment shall include the 
        following:
                    (A) An identification of current and potential 
                criminal threats posed by members of Tren de Aragua and 
                affiliates seeking to--
                            (i) unlawfully enter the United States 
                        through the southwest border; or
                            (ii) exploit security vulnerabilities along 
                        the southwest border.
                    (B) Descriptions of the following with respect to 
                Tren de Aragua:
                            (i) Origins.
                            (ii) Strategic aims.
                            (iii) Tactical methods.
                            (iv) Funding sources.
                            (v) Leadership structure.
                            (vi) Chronological growth and presence in 
                        the United States.
                    (C) Any other matters the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security considers appropriate.
            (3) Form.--The threat assessment shall be submitted in 
        unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
    (b) Strategic Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        submission of the threat assessment under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the heads 
        of other relevant Federal departments or agencies as the 
        Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a strategic plan (in this 
        subsection referred to as the ``Strategic Plan'') relating to 
        countering the threats identified in the threat assessment, in 
        accordance with paragraph (2).
            (2) Contents.--The Strategic Plan shall include, at a 
        minimum, a consideration of the following:
                    (A) The threat assessment, with an emphasis on 
                efforts to mitigate the criminal threats from 
                transnational criminal organizations, including the 
                threats identified in the threat assessment in 
                accordance with subsection (a)(2)(A).
                    (B) Efforts to analyze and disseminate border 
                security and border threat information between 
                Department of Homeland Security border security 
                components with the following:
                            (i) Other appropriate Federal departments 
                        and agencies with missions associated with the 
                        border.
                            (ii) State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
                        law enforcement agencies with jurisdictions 
                        adjacent to the southwest border.
                    (C) Efforts to detect, interdict, and disrupt 
                transnational criminal organizations, including Tren de 
                Aragua.
                    (D) Efforts to prevent transnational criminal 
                organizations, including Tren de Aragua, from 
                proliferating in the United States.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
            (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
        community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of 
        the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
            (3) Southwest border.--The term ``southwest border'' means 
        the land and maritime border between the United States and 
        Mexico.
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