[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 53 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S940]
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  SA 45. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 316, to repeal the authorizations for use of 
military force against Iraq; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 3. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CARTELS AS 
                   FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Drug 
     Cartel Terrorist Designation Act''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     each of the drug cartels referred to in subsection (d) meets 
     the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 
     organization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
       (c) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
     committees of Congress'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
     the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
       (5) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       (6) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
       (7) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (8) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (9) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (10) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (11) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (12) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (d) Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall designate 
     each of the following Mexican drug cartels as a foreign 
     terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)):
       (A) The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel.
       (B) The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.
       (C) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
       (D) The Sinaloa Cartel.
       (2) Additional cartels.--The Secretary of State shall 
     designate any Mexican drug cartel, or any faction of such a 
     cartel, as a foreign terrorist organization if such cartel or 
     faction meets the criteria described in such section 219(a).
       (e) Report.--
       (1) Report required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
     shall submit a detailed report to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress regarding--
       (A) each of the drug cartels referred to in subsection 
     (d)(1) that describes the criteria justifying their 
     designations as foreign terrorist organizations under section 
     219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1189(a)); and
       (B) all other Mexican drug cartels, or factions of cartels, 
     that the Secretary determines pursuant to subsection (d)(2) 
     meet the criteria for designation as foreign terrorist 
     organizations under such section 219(a), including the 
     specific criteria justifying each such designation.
       (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
     include a classified annex;
       (B) shall be made available only in electronic form; and
       (C) may not be printed, except upon a request for a printed 
     copy from a congressional office.
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