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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2600 

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, and 

the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2021 

Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. GOODEN

of Texas, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. FALLON, 

Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 

WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. BRADY, Mr. 

TAYLOR, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. 

TIFFANY, Mr. PERRY, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 

BIGGS, Mr. BUDD, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Ms. 

HERRELL, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mrs. GREENE

of Georgia, Mr. BUCK, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 

DONALDS, and Mr. DAVIDSON) 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, and the Cartel Del Noreste 

faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, 

and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug Cartel Terrorist 

3 Designation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CAR5 TELS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA6 TIONS. 

7 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con8 gress that each of the drug cartels set forth in subsection 

9 (b) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 

10 organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration 

11 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

12 (b) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall des13 ignate each of the following Mexican drug cartels as a for14 eign terrorist organization under such section 219: 

15 (1) The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf 

16 Cartel. 

17 (2) The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los 

18 Zetas. 

19 (c) REPORT.— 

20 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

22 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 

23 of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro24 priate committees of Congress— 

25 (A) a detailed report on each of the drug 

26 cartels listed in section (2)(b) and any other 


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1 cartels the Secretary may identify, including the 

2 criteria met for designation as a foreign ter3 rorist organization as set forth in section 219 

4 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

5 U.S.C. 1189); and 

6 (B) for each of the cartels designated 

7 under subsection (b), if the Secretary deter8 mines that the drug cartel does not meet the 

9 criteria set forth under such section 219, a de10 tailed justification as to which criteria have not 

11 been met. 

12 (2) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL CARTELS.— 

13 Not later than 30 days after the submission of the 

14 report the Secretary shall designate any cartel or 

15 any faction thereof as a foreign terrorist organiza16 tion listed in the report that met the criteria for des17 ignation as a foreign terrorist organization as set 

18 forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation19 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

20 (3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

21 (1) shall— 

22 (A) be submitted in unclassified form, but 

23 may include a classified annex; and 

24 (B) be made available only in electronic 

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1 ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla2 tive branch. 

3 (4) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

4 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro5 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

7 Committee on Financial Services, the Com8 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

9 the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se10 curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

11 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

12 and 

13 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

14 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

15 Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

16 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

17 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af18 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

19 of the Senate. 

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