Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1700 To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the designation of the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 12, 2019 Mr. ROY (for himself and Mr. GREEN of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the designation of the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug Cartel Terrorist 4 Designation Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 Apr 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1700.IH H1700 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1700 IH SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CAR- 1 TELS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA- 2 TIONS. 3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con- 4 gress that— 5 (1) each of the drug cartels set forth in section 6 2(a)(2) meet the criteria for designation as a foreign 7 terrorist organization as set forth in section 219 of 8 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 9 1189); and 10 (2) the Secretary of State should designate each 11 of the following Mexican drug cartels as a foreign 12 terrorist organization under such section 219: 13 (A) The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the 14 Gulf Cartel. 15 (B) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 16 (C) The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los 17 Zetas. 18 (b) REPORT.— 19 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 21 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 22 of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro- 23 priate committees of Congress— 24 (A) a detailed report on whether each of 25 the drug cartels listed in section (2)(a)(2) meet 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 Apr 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1700.IH H1700 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1700 IH the criteria for designation as a foreign ter- 1 rorist organization as set forth in section 219 2 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 3 U.S.C. 1189); and 4 (B) if the Secretary determines that any of 5 the drug cartels do not meet the criteria set 6 forth under such section 219, a detailed jus- 7 tification as to which criteria have not been 8 met. 9 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 10 (1) shall— 11 (A) be submitted in unclassified form, but 12 may include a classified annex; and 13 (B) be made available only in electronic 14 form and shall not be printed, except if a print- 15 ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla- 16 tive branch. 17 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 18 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro- 19 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 20 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 21 Committee on Financial Services, the Com- 22 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 23 the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se- 24 curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 Apr 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1700.IH H1700 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1700 IH Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 1 and 2 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 3 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 4 Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 5 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 6 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- 7 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 8 of the Senate. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 Apr 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1700.IH H1700 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS