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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8058 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8058

   To establish and implement an informational campaign and national 
strategy to prevent minors from working with cartels and transnational 
                        criminal organizations.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2024

  Mr. Vasquez (for himself and Mr. Lamborn) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
   To establish and implement an informational campaign and national 
strategy to prevent minors from working with cartels and transnational 
                        criminal organizations.

    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 ``No More Narcos Act''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND NATIONAL STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Administrator of 
the Drug Enforcement Administration and in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, the 
Director of National Drug Control Policy, and such other Federal, 
State, local, or tribal agency as may be appropriate, shall establish 
and implement an informational campaign to educate covered students on 
the dangers and risks of working with cartels or other transnational 
criminal organizations.
    (b) National Strategy.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
establish and implement a national strategy to combat cartels and other 
transnational criminal organizations targeting and recruiting minors in 
the United States to engage in unlawful smuggling or trafficking 
activities.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Covered student.--The term ``covered student'' means 
        students in middle grades and high school in United States 
        communities 100 miles or less from the United States-Mexico 
        border.
            (2) High school.--The term ``high school'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (3) Middle grades.--The term ``middle grades'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (4) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual who has 
        not attained 18 years of age.
            (5) Transnational criminal organizations.--The term 
        ``transnational criminal organization'' means self-perpetuating 
        associations of individuals who--
                    (A) operate transnationally for the purpose of 
                obtaining power, influence, monetary or commercial 
                gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while 
                protecting their illegal activities through--
                            (i) a pattern of corruption or violence; or
                            (ii) a transnational organizational 
                        structure and the exploitation of transnational 
                        commerce or communication mechanisms. 
                        Transnational criminal organizations; and
                    (B) engage in a broad range of criminal activities, 
                including drug and weapons trafficking, migrant 
                smuggling, human trafficking, cybercrime, intellectual 
                property theft, money laundering, wildlife and timber 
                trafficking, illegal fishing, and illegal mining.

SEC. 3. DOJ ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.

    Section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (J)(ii), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following:
                    ``(K) payments for--
                            ``(i) the informational campaign to educate 
                        students on the dangers and risks of working 
                        with cartels or other transnational criminal 
                        organizations under the No More Narcos Act; and
                            ``(ii) the national strategy to combat 
                        cartels and other transnational criminal 
                        organizations targeting and recruiting minors 
                        in the United States to engage in unlawful 
                        smuggling or trafficking activities under such 
                        Act.''.
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