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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act or the EL CHAPO Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the forfeited profits of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (El Chapo) from his illicit drug trafficking enterprise to be reserved for border security measures between the United States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall.</p> <p>Additionally, it requires the forfeited funds from the felony conviction of a member of a drug cartel to be reserved for border security measures between the United States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall. </p>]]></text>
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