H.Res. 216 — Introduced in House

IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 216 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2023Mrs. Miller of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Calling for the designation of Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. 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.