Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

Subjects: International Affairs


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 698 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 698

  To direct the Secretary of State to designate certain Mexican drug 
 cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and to submit a report to 
Congress justifying such designations in accordance with section 219 of 
                  the Immigration and Nationality Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 2023

  Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of State to designate certain Mexican drug 
 cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and to submit a report to 
Congress justifying such designations in accordance with section 219 of 
                  the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CARTELS AS FOREIGN 
              TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that each of 
the drug cartels referred to in subsection (c) meets the criteria for 
designation as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
    (b) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
        the Senate;
            (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
            (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
            (5) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate;
            (6) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
            (7) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (8) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (9) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (10) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (11) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (12) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
        House of Representatives.
    (c) Designation.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall designate 
        each of the following Mexican drug cartels as a foreign 
        terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)):
                    (A) The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf 
                Cartel.
                    (B) The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.
                    (C) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
                    (D) The Sinaloa Cartel.
            (2) Additional cartels.--The Secretary of State shall 
        designate any Mexican drug cartel, or any faction of such a 
        cartel, as a foreign terrorist organization if such cartel or 
        faction meets the criteria described in such section 219(a).
    (d) Report.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
        consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
        submit a detailed report to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress regarding--
                    (A) each of the drug cartels referred to in 
                subsection (c)(1) that describes the criteria 
                justifying their designations as foreign terrorist 
                organizations under section 219(a) of the Immigration 
                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and
                    (B) all other Mexican drug cartels, or factions of 
                cartels, that the Secretary determines pursuant to 
                subsection (c)(2) meet the criteria for designation as 
                foreign terrorist organizations under such section 
                219(a), including the specific criteria justifying each 
                such designation.
            (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
                may include a classified annex;
                    (B) shall be made available only in electronic 
                form; and
                    (C) may not be printed, except upon a request for a 
                printed copy from a congressional office.
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