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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To establish and implement an informational campaign and 

national strategy to prevent minors from working with 

cartels and transnational criminal organizations. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No More Narcos Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND NATIONAL STRAT6 EGY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, act9 ing through the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 


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1 Administration and in consultation with the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, the Di3 rector of National Drug Control Policy, and such other 

4 Federal, State, local, or tribal agency as may be appro5 priate, shall establish and implement an informational 

6 campaign to educate covered students on the dangers and 

7 risks of working with cartels or other transnational crimi8 nal organizations. 

9 (b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Secretary of Home10 land Security shall establish and implement a national 

11 strategy to combat cartels and other transnational crimi12 nal organizations targeting and recruiting minors in the 

13 United States to engage in unlawful smuggling or traf14 ficking activities. 

15 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

16 (1) COVERED STUDENT.—The term ‘‘covered 

17 student’’ means students in middle grades and high 

18 school in United States communities 100 miles or 

19 less from the United States-Mexico border. 

20 (2) HIGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 

21 has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of 

22 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

23 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

24 (3) MIDDLE GRADES.—The term ‘‘middle 

25 grades’’ has the meaning given that term in section 


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1 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

2 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

3 (4) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi4 vidual who has not attained 18 years of age. 

5 (5) TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZA6 TIONS.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza7 tion’’ means self-perpetuating associations of individ8 uals who— 

9 (A) operate transnationally for the purpose 

10 of obtaining power, influence, monetary or com11 mercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal 

12 means, while protecting their illegal activities 

13 through— 

14 (i) a pattern of corruption or violence; 

15 or 

16 (ii) a transnational organizational 

17 structure and the exploitation of 

18 transnational commerce or communication 

19 mechanisms. Transnational criminal orga20 nizations; and 

21 (B) engage in a broad range of criminal 

22 activities, including drug and weapons traf23 ficking, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, 

24 cybercrime, intellectual property theft, money 


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1 laundering, wildlife and timber trafficking, ille2 gal fishing, and illegal mining. 

3 SEC. 3. DOJ ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND. 

4 Section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

7 the end; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (J)(ii), by striking the pe9 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(K) payments for— 

13 ‘‘(i) the informational campaign to 

14 educate students on the dangers and risks 

15 of working with cartels or other 

16 transnational criminal organizations under 

17 the No More Narcos Act; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the national strategy to combat 

19 cartels and other transnational criminal or20 ganizations targeting and recruiting mi21 nors in the United States to engage in un22 lawful smuggling or trafficking activities 

23 under such Act.’’. 

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