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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1079 
To publicize U.S. Customs and Border Protection operational statistics and 
report on foreign terrorist organizations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 
Mr. LUTTRELL (for himself, Mr. STEIL, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. COL-
LINS, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. GARBARINO, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, Mr. 
BERGMAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. EZELL, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, and Mr. OWENS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To publicize U.S. Customs and Border Protection operational 
statistics and report on foreign terrorist organizations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cartel And Radical 
Terrorist Enforcement Log Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘CAR-
TEL Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PUBLICATION BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRO-
TECTION OF OPERATIONAL STATISTICS. 
Not later than the seventh day of each month begin-
ning with the second full month after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection shall publish on a publicly available 
website of the Department of Homeland Security informa-
tion relating to the total number of alien encounters and 
nationalities, unique alien encounters and nationalities, 
gang affiliated apprehensions and nationalities, drug sei-
zures, alien encounters included in the terrorist screening 
database and nationalities, arrests of criminal aliens or in-
dividuals wanted by law enforcement and nationalities, 
known got aways, encounters with deceased aliens, alien 
encounters and apprehensions affiliated with transnational 
criminal organizations, and all other related or associated 
statistics recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion during the immediately preceding month. Each such 
publication shall include the following: 
(1) The total number of individuals included in 
the terrorist screening database (as such term is de-
fined in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621)) who have repeatedly at-
tempted to cross unlawfully into the United States. 
(2) The total number of individuals included in 
the terrorist screening database who have been ap-
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prehended, including information relating to whether 
such individuals were released into the United States 
or removed. 
(3) The total number of individuals affiliated 
with transnational criminal organizations who have 
repeatedly attempted to cross unlawfully into the 
United States. 
(4) The total number of individuals affiliated 
with transnational criminal organizations who have 
been apprehended, including information relating to 
whether such individuals were released into the 
United States or removed. 
SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON FOREIGN TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATIONS 
AND 
TRANSNATIONAL 
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of 
foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal 
organizations attempting to move their members or affili-
ates into the United States through the southern, north-
ern, or maritime border. 
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(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘foreign 
terrorist organization’’ means an organization described in 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189). 
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