,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #igeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bc1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,la,lota 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,correa1 and ,mr4 ,d',esposito7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a    
homeland security southwest border      
threat assessment on ,tren de ,aragua   
and associated strategic plan1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,tren de       
,aragua ,southwest ,border ,security    
,threat ,assessment ,act4  #b4 ,homeland
 security southwest border threat       
assessment on ,tren de ,aragua2         
strategic plan  7a7 ,threat assessment  
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security1 in consultation with the     
intelligence community and the heads of 
other relevant ,federal departments or  
agencies as the ,secretary determines   

appropriate1 shall submit to the        
appropriate congressional committees a  
southwest border threat assessment      
regarding ,tren de ,aragua 7in this     
section referred to as the threat       
assessment74  7#b7 ,elements ,the threat
 assessment shall include the following3
 7,a7 ,an identification of current and 
potential criminal threats posed by     
members of ,tren de ,aragua and         
affiliates seeking to-- 7i7 unlawfully  
enter the ,united ,states through the   
southwest border2 or  7ii7 exploit      
security vulnerabilities along the      
southwest border4  7,b7 ,descriptions of
 the following with respect to ,tren de 
,aragua3 7i7 ,origins4  7ii7 ,strategic 
aims4  7iii7 ,tactical methods4  7iv7   
,funding sources4  7v7 ,leadership      
structure4  7vi7 ,chronological growth  
and presence in the ,united ,states4    
7,c7 ,any other matters the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security considers        
appropriate4  7#c7 ,form ,the threat    
assessment shall be submitted in        

unclassified form1 but may include a    
classified annex4  7b7 ,strategic plan  
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj   
days after the submission of the threat 
assessment under subsection 7a71 the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 in   
consultation with the heads of other    
relevant ,federal departments or        
agencies as the ,secretary determines   
appropriate1 shall submit to the        
appropriate congressional committees a  
strategic plan 7in this subsection      
referred to as the ,strategic ,plan7    
relating to countering the threats      
identified in the threat assessment1 in 
accordance with paragraph 7#b74  7#b7   
,contents ,the ,strategic ,plan shall   
include1 at a minimum1 a consideration  
of the following3 7,a7 ,the threat      
assessment1 with an emphasis on efforts 
to mitigate the criminal threats from   
transnational criminal organizations1   
including the threats identified in the 
threat assessment in accordance with    
subsection 7a77#b77;,a74  7,b7 ,efforts 

to analyze and disseminate border       
security and border threat information  
between ,department of ,homeland        
,security border security components    
with the following3 7i7 ,other          
appropriate ,federal departments and    
agencies with missions associated with  
the border4  7ii7 ,state1 local1        
,tribal1 and territorial law enforcement
 agencies with jurisdictions adjacent to
 the southwest border4  7,c7 ,efforts to
 detect1 interdict1 and disrupt         
transnational criminal organizations1   
including ,tren de ,aragua4  7,d7       
,efforts to prevent transnational       
criminal organizations1 including ,tren 
de ,aragua1 from proliferating in the   
,united ,states4  7c7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate         
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security of the ,house of             
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   

,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate4  
7#b7 ,intelligence community ,the term  
intelligence community has the meaning  
given such term in section #c7d7 of the 
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc7d774  7#c7 ,southwest   
border ,the term southwest border means 
the land and maritime border between the
 ,united ,states and ,mexico4