SEC. 2. ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS ON THREATS POSED TO THE 
UNITED STATES BY TRANSNATIONAL CRIMI-
NAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after, the Director for Homeland Security Investigations 
of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection of 
the Department, the Commandant of the United States 
Coast Guard, and the heads of other relevant Federal de-
partments or agencies the Director determines appro-
priate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees assessments of threats posed to the United States 
by transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each assessment under subsection 
(a) shall address the following: 
(1) The most significant TCOs active in and 
outside of the United States, including along the 
southwest and northern borders, and including the 
organizational structure, characteristics, and areas 
of influence within the United States of each such 
TCO. 
(2) The drug smuggling trends used by TCOs 
to transport illicit drugs entering the United States, 
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including information on seizures, investigations, 
and drug purity and potency levels. 
(3) The role organized violent gangs have work-
ing with TCOs in domestic drug trafficking. 
(4) The money laundering activities used by 
TCOs to generate proceeds through the sale of illicit 
drugs in the United States. 
(5) Information about the most widely traf-
ficked drugs in the United States, including illicit 
opioids, 
heroin, 
methamphetamine, 
and 
new 
psychoactive substances, including regarding their 
availability, consumption, and overdose related 
deaths, production and cultivation, transportation, 
and distribution. 
(6) A predictive outlook regarding drug traf-
ficking and drug-related trends and activities by 
TCOs. 
(7) Any other matters the Director for Home-
land Security Investigations determines relevant. 
(c) FORM.—Each assessment under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex only for the protection of intelligence 
sources and methods relating to the matters contained in 
each such assessment. The Director for Homeland Secu-
rity Investigations shall post on a publicly available 
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website of Homeland Security Investigations the unclassi-
fied portion of each such assessment. 
(d) BRIEFING.— 
(1) BRIEFING.—The Director for Homeland Se-
curity Investigations shall annually brief the appro-
priate congressional committees regarding each as-
sessment under subsection (a). The head of any 
other relevant Federal department or agency shall 
accompany the Director for any such briefing if any 
such committee, in consultation with the Director, 
determines such is appropriate. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate. 
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