Calling for the designation of Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
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What This Bill Does
This resolution calls on the House of Representatives to condemn eight specific Mexican drug cartels and ask the Biden Administration to designate them as foreign terrorist organizations (groups that use violence to achieve political or ideological goals and operate outside the United States). The resolution also requests that federal investigators and prosecutors be allowed to pursue stronger criminal penalties against drug traffickers who fund these designated organizations.
Who It Affects
The eight named drug cartels: the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Beltran-Levya Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, the Los Zetas, the Tijuana Cartel, and the La Familia Michoacana/Knights Templar Cartel. The Biden Administration and federal investigators and prosecutors would also be affected by the requests made in this resolution.
Key Provisions
• The House condemns the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Beltran-Levya Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, the Los Zetas, the Tijuana Cartel, the La Familia Michoacana/Knights Templar Cartel, and any similarly situated Mexican drug cartels (Resolved, paragraph 1)
• The House calls for these cartels to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Resolved, paragraph 2)
• The House calls for the Biden Administration to freeze cartel financial assets and allow federal investigators and prosecutors to pursue enhanced criminal sentences against drug traffickers who fund foreign terrorist organizations (Resolved, paragraph 3)
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