,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbe,mr4 
,vasquez 7for himself and ,mr4          
,ciscomani7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to establish and implement an          
informational campaign and national     
strategy to prevent minors from working 
with cartels and transnational criminal 
organizations4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,no ,more      
,narcos ,act4  #b4 ,informational       
campaign and national strategy  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,attorney ,general1 acting through the  
,administrator of the ,drug ,enforcement
 ,administration and in consultation    
with the ,secretary of ,homeland        
,security1 the ,secretary of ,education1
 the ,director of ,national ,drug       
,control ,policy1 and such other        
,federal1 ,state1 local1 or tribal      

agency as may be appropriate1 shall     
establish and implement an informational
 campaign to educate covered students on
 the dangers and risks of working with  
cartels or other transnational criminal 
organizations4  7b7 ,national strategy  
,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
shall establish and implement a national
 strategy to combat cartels and other   
transnational criminal organizations    
targeting and recruiting minors in the  
,united ,states to engage in unlawful   
smuggling or trafficking activities4    
7c7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7   
,covered student ,the term covered      
student means students in middle grades 
and high school in ,united ,states      
communities #ajj miles or less from the 
,united ,states-,mexico border4  7#b7   
,high school ,the term high school has  
the meaning given that term in section  
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#c7 ,middle grades ,the term  
middle grades has the meaning given that

 term in section #haja of the           
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74    
7#d7 ,minor ,the term minor means an    
individual who has not attained #ah     
years of age4  7#e7 ,transnational      
criminal organizations ,the term        
transnational criminal organization     
means self-perpetuating associations of 
individuals who-- 7,a7 operate          
transnationally for the purpose of      
obtaining power1 influence1 monetary or 
commercial gains1 wholly or in part by  
illegal means1 while protecting their   
illegal activities through--  7i7 a     
pattern of corruption or violence2 or   
7ii7 a transnational organizational     
structure and the exploitation of       
transnational commerce or communication 
mechanisms4 ,transnational criminal     
organizations2 and  7,b7 engage in a    
broad range of criminal activities1     
including drug and weapons trafficking1 
migrant smuggling1 human trafficking1   
cybercrime1 intellectual property theft1

 money laundering1 wildlife and timber  
trafficking1 illegal fishing1 and       
illegal mining4  #c4 ,,doj ,assets      
,forfeiture ,fund ,section #ebd7;c77#a7 
of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,i71 by
 striking and at the end2  7#b7 in      
subparagraph 7,j77ii71 by striking the  
period and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by
 inserting after subparagraph 7,j7 the  
following3  7,k7 payments for--  7i7 the
 informational campaign to educate      
students on the dangers and risks of    
working with cartels or other           
transnational criminal organizations    
under the ,no ,more ,narcos ,act2 and   
7ii7 the national strategy to combat    
cartels and other transnational criminal
 organizations targeting and recruiting 
minors in the ,united ,states to engage 
in unlawful smuggling or trafficking    
activities under such ,act4  4