[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 216 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 216

    Calling for the designation of Mexican drug cartels as foreign 
                        terrorist organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2023

 Mrs. Miller of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Calling for the designation of Mexican drug cartels as foreign 
                        terrorist organizations.

    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation 
        Cartel, the Beltran-Levya Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, the Los 
        Zetas, the Tijuana Cartel, the La Familia Michoacana/Knights 
        Templar Cartel, and any similarly situated Mexican drug 
        cartels;
            (2) calls for the designation of the Sinaloa Cartel, the 
        Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Beltran-Levya Cartel, the 
        Gulf Cartel, the Los Zetas, the Tijuana Cartel, the La Familia 
        Michoacana/Knights Templar Cartel, and any similarly situated 
        Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations under 
        section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1189); and
            (3) calls for the Biden Administration to freeze cartel 
        financial assets and allow Federal investigators and 
        prosecutors to pursue enhanced criminal sentences that apply to 
        drug traffickers who fund foreign terrorist organizations.
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