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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 714 

To reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a 

result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera 

(commonly known as ‘‘El Chapo’’), or of other felony convictions involving the transportation of controlled substances into the United States, 

for security measures along the Southern border, including the completion of a border wall. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2019 

Mr. BROOKS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. POSEY, Mr. BRADY, Mr. KING of 

Iowa, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. JONES, Mr. BOST, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 

BYRNE, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as ‘‘El 

Chapo’’), or of other felony convictions involving the 

transportation of controlled substances into the United 

States, for security measures along the Southern border, 

including the completion of a border wall. 

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 ‘‘Ensuring Lawful Col3 lection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act’’ or the 

4 ‘‘EL CHAPO Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN FORFEITED CRIMINAL PROCEEDS 

6 FOR BORDER SECURITY MEASURES. 

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ille8 gally obtained profits resulting from any criminal drug 

9 trafficking enterprise led by Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman 

10 Loera (commonly known as ‘‘El Chapo’’), which are crimi11 nally forfeited to the United States Government as a re12 sult of the conviction of Mr. Guzman Loera in Federal 

13 district court, shall be reserved for security measures 

14 along the border between the United States and Mexico, 

15 including the completion of a wall along such border, for 

16 the purpose of stemming the flow of illegal narcotics into 

17 the United States and furthering the Nation’s security. 

18 SEC. 3. USE OF FORFEITED CRIMINAL PROCEEDS OF 

19 OTHER CONVICTED CARTEL MEMBERS. 

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

21 funds that are criminally forfeited to the United States 

22 Government as the result of a felony conviction in a Fed23 eral district court of a member of a drug cartel—an indi24 vidual engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise involv25 ing knowingly and intentionally distributing a controlled 

26 substance, intending and knowing that such substance 


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1 would be unlawfully imported into the United States from 

2 a place outside of the United States—shall be reserved 

3 for security measures along the border between the United 

4 States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall 

5 along such border, for the purpose of stemming the flow 

6 of illegal narcotics into the United States and furthering 

7 the Nation’s security. 

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