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118th Congress International Affairs

H.R. 1564: Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Mar 10, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Mar 10, 2023

This bill directs the Department of State to designate four specified drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. (Among other things, such a designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.)

The four specified cartels in the bill are the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste, the Cartel de Sinaloa, and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion.

The bill also requires the State Department to submit a detailed report on those four cartels and any other cartels it may identify. Based on this report, the State Department must designate as a foreign terrorist organization any such identified cartel (or faction thereof) that meets certain criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization.

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The bill specifies that it may not be construed to expand eligibility for asylum.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

32

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Chip Roy R-TX SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History

  1. Mar 10, 2023Introduced in the House by Chip Roy.
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  1. Mar 10, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 10, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1265)
  3. Mar 10, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.