I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4471 
To establish and implement an informational campaign and national strategy 
to prevent minors from working with cartels and transnational criminal 
organizations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2025 
Mr. VASQUEZ (for himself and Mr. CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish and implement an informational campaign and 
national strategy to prevent minors from working with 
cartels and transnational criminal 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 ‘‘No More Narcos Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND NATIONAL STRAT-
EGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, act-
ing through the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 
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Administration and in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, the Di-
rector of National Drug Control Policy, and such other 
Federal, State, local, or tribal agency as may be appro-
priate, shall establish and implement an informational 
campaign to educate covered students on the dangers and 
risks of working with cartels or other transnational crimi-
nal organizations. 
(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall establish and implement a national 
strategy to combat cartels and other transnational crimi-
nal organizations targeting and recruiting minors in the 
United States to engage in unlawful smuggling or traf-
ficking activities. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COVERED
STUDENT.—The term ‘‘covered 
student’’ means students in middle grades and high 
school in United States communities 100 miles or 
less from the United States-Mexico border. 
(2) HIGH
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) MIDDLE
GRADES.—The term ‘‘middle 
grades’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
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8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi-
vidual who has not attained 18 years of age. 
(5) 
TRANSNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza-
tion’’ means self-perpetuating associations of individ-
uals who— 
(A) operate transnationally for the purpose 
of obtaining power, influence, monetary or com-
mercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal 
means, while protecting their illegal activities 
through— 
(i) a pattern of corruption or violence; 
or 
(ii) a transnational organizational 
structure 
and 
the 
exploitation 
of 
transnational commerce or communication 
mechanisms. Transnational criminal orga-
nizations; and 
(B) engage in a broad range of criminal 
activities, including drug and weapons traf-
ficking, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, 
cybercrime, intellectual property theft, money 
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laundering, wildlife and timber trafficking, ille-
gal fishing, and illegal mining. 
SEC. 3. DOJ ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND. 
Section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (J)(ii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) payments for— 
‘‘(i) the informational campaign to 
educate students on the dangers and risks 
of 
working 
with 
cartels 
or 
other 
transnational criminal organizations under 
the No More Narcos Act; and 
‘‘(ii) the national strategy to combat 
cartels and other transnational criminal or-
ganizations targeting and recruiting mi-
nors in the United States to engage in un-
lawful smuggling or trafficking activities 
under such Act.’’. 
Æ 
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