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Union Calendar No. 267 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4070 
[Report No. 119–313] 
To require a homeland security border threat assessment on Tren de Aragua 
and associated strategic plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2025 
Mr. KNOTT (for himself, Mr. GUEST, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. OGLES, Mr. CRANE, 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. MACKENZIE, Mr. 
STRONG, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. 
EVANS of Colorado, Mr. MCDOWELL, and Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. 
BACON, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. HUIZENGA, 
Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MOORE of 
North Carolina, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, Mr. MCGUIRE, 
Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas, Mr. PALMER, Mr. WALBERG, and Mr. FRY 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To require a homeland security border threat assessment 
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for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Tren de Aragua Bor-
der Security Threat Assessment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY BORDER THREAT ASSESS-
MENT ON TREN DE ARAGUA; STRATEGIC 
PLAN. 
(a) THREAT ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
the intelligence community and the heads of other 
relevant Federal departments or agencies as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a border 
threat assessment regarding Tren de Aragua (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘threat assessment’’). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The threat assessment shall 
include the following: 
(A) An identification of current and poten-
tial criminal threats posed by members of Tren 
de Aragua and affiliates seeking to— 
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(i) unlawfully enter the United States 
through the southwest, northern, or mari-
time border; or 
(ii) exploit any security vulnerabilities 
along the southwest, northern, or maritime 
border. 
(B) Descriptions of the following with re-
spect to Tren de Aragua: 
(i) Origins. 
(ii) Strategic aims. 
(iii) Tactical methods. 
(iv) Funding sources. 
(v) Leadership structure. 
(vi) Chronological growth and pres-
ence in the United States. 
(C) Any other matters the Secretary of 
Homeland Security considers appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The threat assessment shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(b) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the submission of the threat assessment under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the heads of other relevant Fed-
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eral departments or agencies as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a strategic plan (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘‘Strategic Plan’’) relat-
ing to countering the threats identified in the threat 
assessment, in accordance with paragraph (2). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The Strategic Plan shall in-
clude, at a minimum, a consideration of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The threat assessment, with an em-
phasis on efforts to mitigate the criminal 
threats from transnational criminal organiza-
tions, including the threats identified in the 
threat assessment in accordance with subsection 
(a)(2)(A). 
(B) Efforts to analyze and disseminate 
border security and border threat information 
between Department of Homeland Security bor-
der security components with the following: 
(i) Other appropriate Federal depart-
ments and agencies with missions associ-
ated with the southwest, northern, or mari-
time border. 
(ii) State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
law enforcement agencies with jurisdictions 
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adjacent to the southwest, northern, or 
maritime border. 
(C) Efforts to locate, detect, interdict, and 
disrupt transnational criminal organizations, in-
cluding Tren de Aragua. 
(D) Efforts to prevent transnational crimi-
nal organizations, including Tren de Aragua, 
from proliferating in the United States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
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Union Calendar No. 267 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4070 
[Report No. 119–313] 
A BILL 
To require a homeland security border threat as-
sessment on Tren de Aragua and associated stra-
tegic plan, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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