IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 262 
Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2025 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. 
ARRINGTON, Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. COMER, Mr. COLE, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. STEIL, Mr. GUEST, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 
WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. BOST, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BIGGS 
of Arizona, Mr. CISCOMANI, and Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican 
Drug Cartels. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE TO DEFEAT THE MEXICAN 
DRUG CARTELS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished in the House of Representatives a Select Com-
mittee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels (herein-
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after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Select Com-
mittee’’). 
(2) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Select Committee 
shall be composed of not more than 21 Mem-
bers, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
appointed by the Speaker, not more than 10 of 
whom shall be appointed after consultation with 
the minority leader. The Speaker shall des-
ignate one member of the Select Committee as 
its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the 
Select Committee shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment. 
(B) OTHER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.— 
The Select Committee shall include at least one 
majority Member, delegate, or the resident com-
missioner from each of the following commit-
tees: 
(i) The Committee on Appropriations. 
(ii) The Committee on the Judiciary. 
(iii) The Committee on Homeland Se-
curity. 
(iv) The Committee on Armed Serv-
ices. 
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(v) The Committee on Financial Serv-
ices. 
(C) DESIGNATION OF LEADERSHIP STAFF 
MEMBER.—The Speaker and the minority lead-
er each may designate a leadership staff mem-
ber to assist in their capacity as ex officio mem-
bers, with the same access to Select Committee 
meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as 
employees of the Select Committee and subject 
to the same security clearance and confiden-
tiality requirements as staff of the Select Com-
mittee. 
(b) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) LEGISLATIVE
JURISDICTION.—The Select 
Committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and 
shall have no authority to take legislative action on 
any bill or resolution. 
(2) INVESTIGATIVE
JURISDICTION.—The sole 
authority of the Select Committee shall be to inves-
tigate and submit policy recommendations on the op-
erations and capabilities of the Mexican drug cartels, 
to include the international networks that facilitate 
and enable the Mexican drug cartels and the United 
States, Mexican, and other government efforts to 
target and defeat the cartels. The Select Committee 
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may, at its discretion, hold public hearings in con-
nection with any aspect of its investigative functions. 
(c) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first 
sentence of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the 
Select Committee. 
(2) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the 
Select Committee shall have the authorities and re-
sponsibilities of, and shall be subject to the same 
limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee 
of the House, and shall be deemed a committee of 
the House for all purposes of law or rule. 
(3)(A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select 
Committee where not inconsistent with this sub-
section. 
(B) Service on the Select Committee shall not 
count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of 
rule X. 
(C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the 
Select Committee. 
(D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to 
the Select Committee in the same manner as it ap-
plies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence. 
(d) RECORDS; STAFF; TRAVEL; FUNDING.— 
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(1) The appointment and the compensation of 
staff for the Select Committee shall be subject to 
regulations issued by the Committee on House Ad-
ministration. 
(2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House 
or a joint committee may be detailed to the Select 
Committee to carry out this resolution and shall be 
deemed to be staff of the Select Committee. 
(B) The Select Committee may request the 
head of any Federal agency to detail, on a nonreim-
bursable basis, any of the personnel of the agency to 
the Select Committee. 
(3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply 
with respect to the Select Committee in the same 
manner as such section applies with respect to a 
standing committee, except that the selection of any 
consultant or organization under such section shall 
be subject to approval by the Speaker. 
(e) REPORTING.—The Select Committee may report 
to the House or any committee from time to time the re-
sults of its investigations and studies, together with such 
detailed findings, policy recommendations, and legislative 
proposals as it may deem advisable. All such reports shall 
be submitted to the House by December 31, 2026. All pol-
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icy recommendations shall be submitted to the relevant 
standing committees not later than December 31, 2025. 
The Select Committee shall submit all legislative proposals 
to the relevant standing committees not later than 60 days 
after their adoption by the Select Committee. 
(f) PUBLICATION.— 
(1) The Select Committee shall ensure that re-
ports and proposals prepared in accordance with this 
subsection shall, upon completion, be made available 
to the general public in widely accessible formats not 
later than 30 calendar days following the respective 
dates for completion set forth in subsection (e). 
(2) Any report issued by the Select Committee 
shall be issued in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex, a law enforcement-sensitive 
annex, or both. 
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