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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1564 

To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the 

designation of the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste, the Cartel de 

Sinaloa, and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion as foreign terrorist 

organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2023 

Mr. ROY (for himself, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. TIFFANY, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, 

Mr. CLOUD, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. 

BIGGS, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. GOOD of 

Virginia, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. OGLES, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. 

VAN DUYNE, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. BOST, Mr. BURGESS, and Mr. BABIN) 

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 Gulf Cartel, the Cartel 

Del Noreste, the Cartel de Sinaloa, and the Cartel de 

Jalisco Nueva Generacion 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 each of the drug cartels set forth in subsection 

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

7 organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration 

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

9 (b) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall des10 ignate each of the following Mexican drug cartels as a for11 eign terrorist organization under such section 219: 

12 (1) The Gulf Cartel. 

13 (2) The Cartel Del Noreste. 

14 (3) The Cartel de Sinaloa. 

15 (4) The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion. 

16 (c) REPORT.— 

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

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

19 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 

20 of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro21 priate committees of Congress— 

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

23 cartels listed in subsection (b) and any other 

24 cartels the Secretary may identify, including the 

25 criteria met for designation as a foreign ter26 rorist organization as set forth in section 219 


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1 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

2 U.S.C. 1189); and 

3 (B) for each of the cartels designated 

4 under subsection (b), if the Secretary deter5 mines that the drug cartel does not meet the 

6 criteria set forth under such section 219, a de7 tailed justification as to which criteria have not 

8 been met. 

9 (2) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL CARTELS.— 

10 Not later than 30 days after the submission of the 

11 report the Secretary shall designate any cartel or 

12 any faction thereof as a foreign terrorist organiza13 tion listed in the report that met the criteria for des14 ignation as a foreign terrorist organization as set 

15 forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation16 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

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

18 (1) shall— 

19 (A) be submitted in unclassified form, but 

20 may include a classified annex; and 

21 (B) be made available only in electronic 

22 form and shall not be printed, except if a print23 ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla24 tive branch. 


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1 (4) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

2 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro3 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Financial Services, the Com6 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

7 the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se8 curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

9 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

10 and 

11 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

13 Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

14 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

15 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af16 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

17 of the Senate. 

18 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

19 may be construed to expand the eligibility for asylum of 

20 any alien by reason of the designation of a drug cartel 

21 as a foreign terrorist organization. 

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