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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, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organiza-tions, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. R

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introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

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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, 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-

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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug Cartel Terrorist

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Designation Act’’.

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SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CAR-

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TELS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-

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TIONS.

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(a) S

ENSE OF

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ONGRESS

.—It is the sense of Con-

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gress that each of the drug cartels set forth in subsection

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(b) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist

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organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration

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and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).

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(b) D

ESIGNATION

.—The Secretary of State shall des-

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ignate each of the following Mexican drug cartels as a for-

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eign terrorist organization under such section 219:

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(1) The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf

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Cartel.

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(2) The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los

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Zetas.

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(c) R

EPORT

.—

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(1) R

EPORT REQUIRED

.—Not later than 30

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days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the

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Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director

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of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appro-

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priate committees of Congress—

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(A) a detailed report on each of the drug

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cartels listed in section (2)(b) and any other

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cartels the Secretary may identify, including the

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criteria met for designation as a foreign ter-

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rorist organization as set forth in section 219

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3 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8

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U.S.C. 1189); and

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(B) for each of the cartels designated

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under subsection (b), if the Secretary deter-

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mines that the drug cartel does not meet the

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criteria set forth under such section 219, a de-

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tailed justification as to which criteria have not

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been met.

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(2) D

ESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL CARTELS

.—

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Not later than 30 days after the submission of the

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report the Secretary shall designate any cartel or

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any faction thereof as a foreign terrorist organiza-

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tion listed in the report that met the criteria for des-

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ignation as a foreign terrorist organization as set

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forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation-

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ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).

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(3) F

ORM

.—The report required by paragraph

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(1) shall—

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(A) be submitted in unclassified form, but

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may include a classified annex; and

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(B) be made available only in electronic

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form and shall not be printed, except if a print-

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ed copy is requested by an office of the legisla-

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tive branch.

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