SEC. 104. CIRCUMSTANCES. 
The circumstances described in this section are that 
the offense described in section 103 was committed by a 
person who— 
(1) participates in a transnational criminal car-
tel with knowledge that its members engage in or 
have engaged in a continuing series of offenses de-
scribed in section 103; 
(2) intends to promote or further the felonious 
activities of the transnational criminal cartel or 
maintain or increase his or her position in the 
transnational criminal cartel; and 
(3) has been convicted within the past 5 years 
for— 
(A) an offense described in subsection (c); 
(B) a State offense— 
(i) involving a controlled substance (as 
defined in section 102 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) for which 
the maximum penalty is not less than 5 
years’ imprisonment; or 
(ii) that is a felony crime of violence 
that has as an element the use or at-
tempted use of physical force against the 
person of another; 
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(C) any Federal or State felony offense 
that by its nature involves a substantial risk 
that physical force against the person of an-
other may be used in the course of committing 
the offense; or 
(D) a conspiracy to commit an offense de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C). 
TITLE II—AUTHORITIES TO COM-
BAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMI-
NAL CARTELS 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘first-degree family member’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 1635.3 of 
title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor thereto). 
(2) The term ‘‘second-degree family member’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1635.3 
of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor thereto). 
SEC. 202. FINANCIAL. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FINANCIAL INSTITU-
TIONS.—Members of transnational criminal cartels shall 
be prohibited from utilizing financial institutions located 
in or doing business in the United States. 
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(b) ASSET FORFEITURE.—Members convicted for in-
volvement in transnational criminal cartels shall forfeit all 
assets associated with their involvement in transnational 
criminal activity in accordance with the procedures under 
section 981 of title 18, United States Code, except that 
the assets seized and proceeds deriving therefrom shall be 
deposited into a fund to be known as the ‘‘CARTEL 
Fund’’. 
(c) DISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS
FROM
ASSETS 
SEIZED.—Amounts in the CARTEL Fund shall be dis-
tributed each fiscal year as follows: 
(1) 75 percent of funds shall be distributed to 
the Department of Homeland Security, to be distrib-
uted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to— 
(A) Customs and Border Protection; and 
(B) Immigrations and Customs Enforce-
ment. 
(2) 25 percent of funds shall be distributed to 
the Department of Justice, to be distributed by the 
Attorney General to the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration. 
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SEC. 
203. 
TRANSNATIONAL 
CRIMINAL 
CARTEL 
AS 
A 
GROUND OF INADMISSIBILITY. 
Section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(H) TRANSNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
CAR-
TEL.—Any alien who is a member or affiliate of 
a transnational criminal cartel, and any first- 
degree or second-degree family member of such 
an alien. Terms used in this subparagraph have 
the meanings given such terms in section 
1635.3 of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regu-
lations (or any successor thereto).’’. 
SEC. 204. PENALTIES FOR NATIONALS AND RESIDENTS FA-
CILITATING TRANSNATIONAL CARTELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The sentence of any national of 
the United States convicted as an accessory of an offense 
described in section 103 shall be increased by up to 15 
years if the offense is committed under the circumstances 
described in section 104. 
(b) DENATURALIZATION.—A naturalized citizen of 
the United States will be subject to the penalties described 
in subsection (a) and may be subject to denaturalization, 
pursuant to section 340(c) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1451(c)). 
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(c) REVOCATION.—Lawful permanent residents of 
the United States will be subject to the penalties described 
in subsection (a) and shall be subject to revocation of law-
ful permanent resident status and removal proceedings. 
SEC. 205. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT COORDINATION. 
The Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of 
State to establish a working group to coordinate bi- and 
multi-lateral efforts in countries or regions where des-
ignated transnational criminal organizations operate in 
order to coordinate and direct efforts by the United States 
and 
other 
governments 
to 
combat 
and 
contain 
transnational crime. 
SEC. 206. CONNECTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS AND 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Homeland 
Security Investigations, in coordination with the Federal 
Bureau of Investigations and other relevant United States 
Governmental entities, shall— 
(1) investigate governmental corruption and 
any connections or coordination between foreign gov-
ernments where transnational criminal cartels oper-
ate; and 
(2) investigate governmental corruption and 
any connection or coordination between State, local, 
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Tribal, territorial government where transnational 
criminal cartels operate. 
SEC. 207. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FOUND 
TO FACILITATE TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
CARTELS. 
(a) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—Sanc-
tions described in subsection (b) may be applied to any 
foreign government found to— 
(1) facilitate a designated transnational crimi-
nal cartels by providing material support or re-
sources, as defined in section 2339A(b)(1) of title 
18, United States Code; 
(2) provide resources used by transnational 
criminal cartels in the commission of their crimes 
described in 203; or 
(3) permit, or fail to take adequate measures to 
prevent, transnational criminal cartel activity within 
their territory. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The President may 
consider terminating assistance provided for under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–195). 
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SEC. 208. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS FOUND TO FA-
CILITATE TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL CAR-
TELS. 
(a) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS.—Any foreign 
person found to be facilitating a transnational criminal 
cartel by providing material support or resources, as de-
fined in section 2339A(b)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, shall be subject to the sanctions described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac-
cordance with the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a foreign person described in subsection (a) 
if such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of any prohibition imposed by the President 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be subject to the 
penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 206 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 
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a person that commits an unlawful act described in 
subsection (a) of that section. 
(3) EXCLUSION
FROM
THE
UNITED
STATES 
AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA-
TION.—In the case of an alien determined by the 
President to be subject to subsection (a), the alien 
shall be subject to denial of a visa to, and exclusion 
from, the United States, and revocation in accord-
ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other 
documentation of the alien. 
(c) FOREIGN PERSON DEFINED.—In this section the 
term ‘‘foreign person’’ means— 
(1) any natural person who is not a lawful per-
manent resident, as defined by section 101(a)(20) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20)), or who is not a protected individual, 
as defined by section 274B(a)(3) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)); or 
(2) any foreign corporation, business associa-
tion, partnership, trust, society or any other entity 
or group that is not incorporated or organized to do 
business in the United States, as well as inter-
national organizations, foreign governments and any 
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agency or subdivision of foreign governments (e.g., 
diplomatic missions). 
SEC. 209. PENALTIES ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CON-
TINUING 
TO 
DO 
BUSINESS 
WITH 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
Any financial institution that intentionally fails to 
comply with section 202(a) shall be subject to a civil pen-
alty in an amount that is the greater of— 
(1) $50,000 per violation; or 
(2) twice the amount of which the financial in-
stitution was required under such section 103(b)(3) 
to retain possession or control. 
Æ 
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