,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #h1 #bjbc,mr4
 ,marshall 7for himself and ,mr4 ,scott 
of ,florida7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of ,state to designate certain ,mexican 
drug cartels as foreign terrorist       
organizations1 and to submit a report to
 ,congress justifying such designations 
in accordance with section #bai of the  
,immigration and ,nationality ,act4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,drug ,cartel ,terrorist           
,designation ,act4  #b4 ,report on      
designation of certain drug cartels as  
foreign terrorist organizations  7a7    
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that each of the drug cartels 
referred to in subsection 7c7 meets the 
criteria for designation as a foreign   
terrorist organization under section    
#bai of the ,immigration and            

,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi74 
7b7 ,defined term ,in this section1 the 
term appropriate committees of ,congress
 means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed  
,services of the ,senate2  7#b7 the     
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs of the ,senate2  7#c7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of
 the ,senate2  7#d7 the ,committee on   
the ,judiciary of the ,senate2  7#e7 the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate2  
7#f7 the ,select ,committee on          
,intelligence of the ,senate2  7#g7 the 
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,house of ,representatives2  7#h7 the   
,committee on ,financial ,services of   
the ,house of ,representatives2  7#i7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives2  7#aj7  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,house of ,representatives2  7#aa7 the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives2 and  7#ab7 
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    

,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives4  7c7 ,designation     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of     
,state shall designate each of the      
following ,mexican drug cartels as a    
foreign terrorist organization under    
section #bai7;a7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4        
#aahi7;a773 7,a7 ,the ,reynosa_/,los    
,metros faction of the ,gulf ,cartel4   
7,b7 ,the ,cartel ,del ,noreste faction 
of ,los ,zetas4  7,c7 ,the ,jalisco ,new
 ,generation ,cartel4  7,d7 ,the        
,sinaloa ,cartel4  7#b7 ,additional     
cartels ,the ,secretary of ,state shall 
designate any ,mexican drug cartel1 or  
any faction of such a cartel1 as a      
foreign terrorist organization if such  
cartel or faction meets the criteria    
described in such section #bai7;a74  7d7
 ,report  7#a7 ,report required ,not    
later than #cj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,state1 in consultation   
with the ,director of ,national         

,intelligence1 shall submit a detailed  
report to the appropriate committees of 
,congress regarding-- 7,a7 each of the  
drug cartels referred to in subsection  
7c77#a7 that describes the criteria     
justifying their designations as foreign
 terrorist organizations under section  
#bai7;a7 of the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#aahi7;a772 and  7,b7 all other ,mexican
 drug cartels1 or factions of cartels1  
that the ,secretary determines pursuant 
to subsection 7c77#b7 meet the criteria 
for designation as foreign terrorist    
organizations under such section        
#bai7;a71 including the specific        
criteria justifying each such           
designation4  7#b7 ,form ,the report    
required under paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7    
shall be submitted in unclassified form1
 but may include a classified annex2    
7,b7 shall be made available only in    
electronic form2 and  7,c7 may not be   
printed1 except upon a request for a    
printed copy from a congressional       

office4