[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3720 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3720

  To direct the Director of National Intelligence to make assessments 
regarding Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2019

   Mr. Hurd of Texas (for himself and Ms. Spanberger) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Director of National Intelligence to make assessments 
regarding Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trafficking and Smuggling 
Intelligence Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVITIES BY DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS IN 
              THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE AND MEXICO.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination 
with the Chief of Intelligence of the Drug Enforcement Administration 
and the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
containing an analytical assessment of the activities of drug 
trafficking organizations in the Northern Triangle and Mexico. Such 
assessment shall include, at a minimum--
            (1) an assessment of the effect of drug trafficking 
        organizations on the security and economic situation in the 
        Northern Triangle;
            (2) an assessment of the effect of the activities of drug 
        trafficking organizations on the migration of persons from the 
        Northern Triangle to the United States-Mexico border;
            (3) a summary of any relevant activities by elements of the 
        intelligence community in relation to drug trafficking 
        organizations in the Northern Triangle and Mexico;
            (4) a summary of key methods and routes used by drug 
        trafficking organizations in the Northern Triangle and Mexico 
        to the United States;
            (5) an assessment of the intersection between the 
        activities of drug trafficking organizations, human traffickers 
        and human smugglers, and other organized criminal groups in the 
        Northern Triangle and Mexico; and
            (6) an assessment of the illicit funds and financial 
        transactions that support the activities of drug trafficking 
        organizations and connected criminal enterprises in the 
        Northern Triangle and Mexico.
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) may be submitted 
in classified form, but if so submitted, shall contain an unclassified 
summary.
    (c) Availability.--The report under subsection (a), or the 
unclassified summary of the report described in subsection (b), shall 
be made publicly available.

SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING FROM THE NORTHERN 
              TRIANGLE TO THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
coordination with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Intelligence and Analysis and the Assistant Secretary of State for 
Intelligence and Research, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report containing an analytical assessment 
of human trafficking and human smuggling by individuals and 
organizations in the Northern Triangle and Mexico. Such assessment 
shall include, at a minimum--
            (1) an assessment of the effect of human trafficking and 
        human smuggling on the security and economic situation in the 
        Northern Triangle;
            (2) a summary of any relevant activities by elements of the 
        intelligence community in relation to human trafficking and 
        human smuggling in the Northern Triangle and Mexico;
            (3) an assessment of the methods and routes used by human 
        traffickers and human smuggler organizations to move persons 
        from the Northern Triangle to the United States-Mexico border;
            (4) an assessment of the intersection between the 
        activities of human traffickers and human smugglers, drug 
        trafficking organizations, and other organized criminal groups 
        in the Northern Triangle and Mexico; and
            (5) an assessment of the illicit funds and financial 
        transactions that support the activities of human traffickers 
        and human smugglers and connected criminal enterprises in the 
        Northern Triangle and Mexico.
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) may be submitted 
in classified form, but if so submitted, shall contain an unclassified 
summary.
    (c) Availability.--The report under subsection (a), or the 
unclassified summary of the report described in subsection (b), shall 
be made publicly available.

SEC. 4. PRIORITIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES FOR THE NORTHERN 
              TRIANGLE AND MEXICO.

    (a) Review of Intelligence Community Efforts in Northern Triangle 
and Mexico.--The Director of National Intelligence, in coordination 
with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and 
Analysis, the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and 
Research, the Chief of Intelligence of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, and other appropriate officials in the intelligence 
community, shall carry out a comprehensive review of the current 
intelligence collection priorities of the intelligence community for 
the Northern Triangle and Mexico in order to identify whether such 
priorities are appropriate and sufficient in light of the threat posed 
by the activities of drug trafficking organizations and human 
traffickers and human smugglers to the security of the United States 
and the Western Hemisphere.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) Report on initial review.--Not later than 120 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
        National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
        intelligence committees a comprehensive description of the 
        results of the review required by subsection (a), including 
        whether the priorities described in that subsection are 
        appropriate and sufficient in light of the threat posed by the 
        activities of drug trafficking organizations and human 
        traffickers and human smugglers to the security of the United 
        States and the Western Hemisphere. If the report concludes that 
        such priorities are not so appropriate and sufficient, the 
        report shall also include a description of the actions to be 
        taken to modify such priorities in order to assure that such 
        priorities are so appropriate and sufficient.
            (2) Quarterly reports.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the report under paragraph (1) is submitted, and 
        every 90 days thereafter for a 5-year period, the Director of 
        National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
        intelligence committees a report on the intelligence 
        community's collection priorities and activities in the 
        Northern Triangle and Mexico with a focus on the threat posed 
        by the activities of drug trafficking organizations and human 
        traffickers and human smugglers to the security of the United 
        States and the Western Hemisphere. The first report under this 
        paragraph shall also include a description of the amount of 
        funds expended by the intelligence community to the efforts 
        described in subsection (a) during each of fiscal years 2018 
        and 2019.
    (c) Form.--The reports required by subsection (b) may be submitted 
in classified form, but if so submitted, shall contain an unclassified 
summary.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select 
                Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
                Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
                the Senate.
            (2) Human trafficking.--The term ``human trafficking'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``severe forms of trafficking in 
        persons'' by section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and 
        Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
            (3) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
        community'' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 
        National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
            (4) Northern triangle.--The term ``Northern Triangle'' 
        means El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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