,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjai,mr4 
,hurd of ,texas 7for himself and ,ms4   
,spanberger7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the
 ,director of ,national ,intelligence to
 make assessments regarding ,mexico and 
the ,northern ,triangle of ,central     
,america1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,trafficking and ,smuggling         
,intelligence ,act of #bjai4  #b4       
,assessment of activities by drug       
trafficking organizations in the        
,northern ,triangle and ,mexico  7a7    
,report ,not later than #fj days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,director of ,national              
,intelligence1 in coordination with the 
,chief of ,intelligence of the ,drug    
,enforcement ,administration and the    
,assistant ,secretary of ,state for     

,intelligence and ,research1 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 ,mexico4 ,such 
assessment shall include1 at a minimum--
  7#a7 an assessment of the effect of   
drug trafficking organizations on the   
security and economic situation in the  
,northern ,triangle2  7#b7 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
 border2  7#c7 a summary of any relevant
 activities by elements of the          
intelligence community in relation to   
drug trafficking organizations in the   
,northern ,triangle and ,mexico2  7#d7 a
 summary of key methods and routes used 
by drug trafficking organizations in the
 ,northern ,triangle and ,mexico to the 
,united ,states2  7#e7 an assessment of 
the intersection between the activities 

of drug trafficking organizations1 human
 traffickers and human smugglers1 and   
other organized criminal groups in the  
,northern ,triangle and ,mexico2 and    
7#f7 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 ,mexico4  7b7 ,form ,the report     
required by subsection 7a7 may be       
submitted in classified form1 but if so 
submitted1 shall contain an unclassified
 summary4  7c7 ,availability ,the report
 under subsection 7a71 or the           
unclassified summary of the report      
described in subsection 7b71 shall be   
made publicly available4  #c4           
,assessment of human trafficking and    
smuggling from the ,northern ,triangle  
to the ,united ,states-,mexico border   
7a7 ,report required ,not later than #fj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,director of ,national  
,intelligence1 in coordination with the 

,under ,secretary of ,homeland ,security
 for ,intelligence and ,analysis and the
 ,assistant ,secretary of ,state for    
,intelligence and ,research1 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 ,mexico4 ,such  
assessment shall include1 at a minimum--
  7#a7 an assessment of the effect of   
human trafficking and human smuggling on
 the security and economic situation in 
the ,northern ,triangle2  7#b7 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
 ,mexico2  7#c7 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 border2  7#d7 an        

assessment of the intersection between  
the activities of human traffickers and 
human smugglers1 drug trafficking       
organizations1 and other organized      
criminal groups in the ,northern        
,triangle and ,mexico2 and  7#e7 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 ,mexico4  7b7 ,form ,the report     
required by subsection 7a7 may be       
submitted in classified form1 but if so 
submitted1 shall contain an unclassified
 summary4  7c7 ,availability ,the report
 under subsection 7a71 or the           
unclassified summary of the report      
described in subsection 7b71 shall be   
made publicly available4  #d4           
,prioritization of intelligence         
resources for the ,northern ,triangle   
and ,mexico  7a7 ,review of intelligence
 community efforts in ,northern         
,triangle and ,mexico ,the ,director of 

,national ,intelligence1 in coordination
 with the ,under ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security for ,intelligence and        
,analysis1 the ,assistant ,secretary of 
,state for ,intelligence and ,research1 
the ,chief of ,intelligence of the ,drug
 ,enforcement ,administration1 and other
 appropriate officials in the           
intelligence community1 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 ,hemisphere4  7b7 ,reports     
7#a7 ,report on initial review ,not     
later than #abj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of ,national ,intelligence    
shall submit to the congressional       

intelligence committees a comprehensive 
description of the results of the review
 required by subsection 7a71 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        
,hemisphere4 ,if the report concludes   
that such priorities are not so         
appropriate and sufficient1 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       
sufficient4  7#b7 ,quarterly reports    
,not later than #ij days after the date 
on which the report under paragraph 7#a7
 is submitted1 and every #ij days       
thereafter for a #e-year period1 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        
,hemisphere4 ,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  
7a7 during each of fiscal years #bjah   
and #bjai4  7c7 ,form ,the reports      
required by subsection 7b7 may be       
submitted in classified form1 but if so 
submitted1 shall contain an unclassified
 summary4  #e4 ,definitions ,in this    
,act3 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional   
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means--  7,a7  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security1 and 
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    

,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs1 and the ,select 
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate4  7#b7 ,human trafficking ,the  
term human trafficking has the meaning  
given the term severe forms of          
trafficking in persons by section #ajc  
of the ,victims of ,trafficking and     
,violence ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb74  7#c7 ,intelligence  
community ,the term intelligence        
community has the meaning given that    
term in section #c of the ,national     
,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjjc74  7#d7 ,northern ,triangle ,the  
term ,northern ,triangle means ,el      
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras4