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H.R. 885 (119th)

Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

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referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

31 January 2025

Last action

31 January 2025 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

Chip Roy, Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1], Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5], Michael Cloud, Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3], Pat Fallon, Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2], Paul Gosar, Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19], Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5], Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14], Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19], Beth Van Duyne, Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3], Roger Williams, Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26], John Carter, Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7], Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8], Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1], Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12], Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8], Lauren Boebert, Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8], Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5], Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13], Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2], Barry Moore, Addison McDowell, Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]

Subjects

Asylum, International Affairs

Source updated

23 June 2026

Asylum · International Affairs

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Summary

Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act 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 U.S. 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. The bill specifies that it may not be construed to expand eligibility for asylum.

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Timeline

  1. 31 January 2025

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 31 January 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 31 January 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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