[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5509 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5509

     To deem certain cartel organizations to be foreign terrorist 
     organizations pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2019

Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Mr. Brindisi) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To deem certain cartel organizations to be foreign terrorist 
     organizations pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act, 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 ``Identifying Drug Cartels as 
Terrorists Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CARTELS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    The following organizations are hereby deemed to be foreign 
terrorist organizations pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189):
            (1) The Gulf Cartel.
            (2) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
            (3) The Beltran Leyva Cartel.
            (4) The Juarez Cartel.
            (5) The Los Zetas Cartel.
            (6) The Sinaloa Cartel.
            (7) The Tijuana Cartel.
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