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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1700 

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, the 

Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of 

Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2019 

Mr. ROY (for himself and Mr. GREEN of Tennessee) 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, the Jalisco New Generation 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Designation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CAR2 TELS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA3 TIONS. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that— 

6 (1) each of the drug cartels set forth in section 

7 2(a)(2) meet the criteria for designation as a foreign 

8 terrorist organization as set forth in section 219 of 

9 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

10 1189); and 

11 (2) the Secretary of State should designate each 

12 of the following Mexican drug cartels as a foreign 

13 terrorist organization under such section 219: 

14 (A) The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the 

15 Gulf Cartel. 

16 (B) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 

17 (C) The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los 

18 Zetas. 

19 (b) 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 whether each of 

26 the drug cartels listed in section (2)(a)(2) meet 


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1 the criteria for designation as a foreign ter2 rorist organization as set forth in section 219 

3 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

4 U.S.C. 1189); and 

5 (B) if the Secretary determines that any of 

6 the drug cartels do not meet the criteria set 

7 forth under such section 219, a detailed jus8 tification as to which criteria have not been 

9 met. 

10 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

11 (1) shall— 

12 (A) be submitted in unclassified form, but 

13 may include a classified annex; and 

14 (B) be made available only in electronic 

15 form and shall not be printed, except if a print16 ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla17 tive branch. 

18 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

19 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro20 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

22 Committee on Financial Services, the Com23 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

24 the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se25 curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 


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1 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

2 and 

3 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

4 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

5 Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

6 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

7 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af8 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

9 of the Senate. 

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