[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1793

 To reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a 
 result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera 
   (commonly known as ``El Chapo''), or of other felony convictions 
 involving the transportation of controlled substances into the United 
States, for security measures along the Southern border, including the 
                      completion of a border wall.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2023

Mr. Self (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
Brecheen, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Posey, Mr. Roy, and Mr. Gooden 
  of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a 
 result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera 
   (commonly known as ``El Chapo''), or of other felony convictions 
 involving the transportation of controlled substances into the United 
States, for security measures along the Southern border, including the 
                      completion of a border wall.

    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 ``Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden 
Assets to Provide Order Act'' or the ``EL CHAPO Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN FORFEITED CRIMINAL PROCEEDS FOR BORDER SECURITY 
              MEASURES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any illegally obtained 
profits resulting from any criminal drug trafficking enterprise led by 
Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as ``El Chapo''), which 
are criminally forfeited to the United States Government as a result of 
the conviction of Mr. Guzman Loera in Federal district court, shall be 
reserved for security measures along the border between the United 
States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall along such 
border, for the purpose of stemming the flow of illegal narcotics into 
the United States and furthering the Nation's security.

SEC. 3. USE OF FORFEITED CRIMINAL PROCEEDS OF OTHER CONVICTED CARTEL 
              MEMBERS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds that are 
criminally forfeited to the United States Government as the result of a 
felony conviction in a Federal district court of a member of a drug 
cartel--an individual engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise 
involving knowingly and intentionally distributing a controlled 
substance, intending and knowing that such substance would be 
unlawfully imported into the United States from a place outside of the 
United States--shall be reserved for security measures along the border 
between the United States and Mexico, including the completion of a 
wall along such border, for the purpose of stemming the flow of illegal 
narcotics into the United States and furthering the Nation's security.
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