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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5918 
To authorize the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces to combat 
transnational organized crime and to reduce the availability of illicit 
narcotics in the United States by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency 
approach to enforcement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. MORELLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task 
Forces to combat transnational organized crime and to 
reduce the availability of illicit narcotics in the United 
States by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach 
to enforcement, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Protect Law Enforce-
ment Task Forces Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Established in 1982, the Organized Crime 
Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) has 
been the centerpiece of the Attorney General’s strat-
egy to combat transnational organized crime and to 
reduce the availability of illicit narcotics in the Na-
tion by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency ap-
proach to enforcement through concentrated, coordi-
nated, 
long-term 
enterprise 
investigations 
of 
transnational organized crime, money laundering, 
and major drug trafficking networks. 
(2) OCDETF is the largest anti-crime task 
force in the country with its own Executive Office 
and its accountability for over 500 Federal prosecu-
tors, 1,200 Federal agents, and some 5,000 State 
and local police. The program has 9 regions and 19 
strike forces around the country to coordinate inves-
tigations and prosecutions by bringing together Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement for multi-ju-
risdictional operations, while the OCDETF Fusion 
Center (OFC) leads on intelligence sharing. 
(3) OCDETF implements a nationwide strategy 
combining priority targeting, coordination, intel-
ligence sharing, and directed resourcing to have the 
greatest impact disrupting and dismantling com-
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mand and control elements of criminal organiza-
tions. 
(4) OCDETF has one of the best returns on in-
vestment in Federal law enforcement, as dem-
onstrated by the following: 
(A) In fiscal year 2022, OCDETF brought 
in $524 million in cash and property seizures 
and forfeitures. 
(B) In fiscal year 2023, OCDETF brought 
in $423 million, almost offsetting its funding. 
(5) Since OCDETF’s inception, tens of thou-
sands of arrests have been made, and hundreds of 
tons of narcotics and billions in currency, real prop-
erty, and conveyances have all been seized proving 
how, in its current structure, OCDETF is a legiti-
mate and effective initiative that has successfully 
lowered crime in cities across the United States. 
SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General, acting through the Director of the Organized 
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, and in coordina-
tion with other agencies of the Department of Justice, in-
cluding the Drug Enforcement Administration, shall 
structure the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task 
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Forces (in this section, referred to as ‘‘Task Forces’’) to 
combat transnational organized crime and to reduce the 
availability of illicit narcotics in the United States by 
using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to enforce-
ment. 
(b) COVERED AGENCY.—For the purpose of sub-
section (a), the following are covered agencies: 
(1) Department of the Treasury. 
(2) Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) U.S. Postal Service. 
(4) Department of Labor. 
(5) Department of State. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral, acting through the Director of the Organized 
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, in conjunc-
tion with the head of each covered agency, shall sub-
mit a joint report on the successes of the Task 
Forces to— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
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(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 
The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
be— 
(A) submitted in unclassified form, to the 
greatest extent possible, with a classified annex 
only if necessary; and 
(B) in the case of the unclassified portion 
of the report, posted on the public website of 
the Department of Justice and each covered 
agency included in the Task Forces. 
(d) SUNSET.—This Act shall have no force or effect 
after January 20, 2029. 
(e) ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK 
FORCES DESCRIBED.—In this Act, Organized Crime Drug 
Enforcement Task Forces refers to the task forces estab-
lished by and under the direction of the Attorney General 
and announced on October 14, 1982, in the Remarks An-
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nouncing Federal Initiatives Against Drug Trafficking 
and Organized Crime. 
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