,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ca1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,roy 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,zinke1 ,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona1 ,mr4   
,cloud1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana1    
,mr4 ,fallon1 ,mr4 ,brecheen1 ,mr4      
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,arrington1 ,mr4 ,ogles1   
,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,donalds1   
,ms4 ,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,self1 and ,mr4  
,williams of ,texas7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,state to submit to ,congress a report  
on the designation of the ,gulf ,cartel1
 the ,cartel ,del ,noreste1 the ,cartel 
de ,sinaloa1 and the ,cartel de ,jalisco
 ,nueva ,generacion as foreign terrorist
 organizations1 and for other purposes4 
#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 
set forth in subsection 7b7 meets the   
criteria for designation as a foreign   
terrorist organization as set forth in  
section #bai of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi74 
7b7 ,designation ,the ,secretary of     
,state shall designate each of the      
following ,mexican drug cartels as a    
foreign terrorist organization under    
such section #bai3 7#a7 ,the ,gulf      
,cartel4  7#b7 ,the ,cartel ,del        
,noreste4  7#c7 ,the ,cartel de         
,sinaloa4  7#d7 ,the ,cartel de ,jalisco
 ,nueva ,generacion4  7c7 ,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 to
 the appropriate committees of          
,congress-- 7,a7 a detailed report on   
each of the drug cartels listed in      
subsection 7b7 and any other cartels the

 ,secretary may identify1 including the 
criteria met for designation as a       
foreign terrorist organization as set   
forth in section #bai of the            
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi72 and  7,b7 for each of 
the cartels designated under subsection 
7b71 if the ,secretary determines that  
the drug cartel does not meet the       
criteria set forth under such section   
#bai1 a detailed justification as to    
which criteria have not been met4  7#b7 
,designation of additional cartels ,not 
later than #cj days after the submission
 of the report the ,secretary shall     
designate any cartel or any faction     
thereof as a foreign terrorist          
organization listed in the report that  
met the criteria for designation as a   
foreign terrorist organization as set   
forth in section #bai of the            
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi74  7#c7 ,form ,the      
report required by paragraph 7#a7       
shall-- 7,a7 be submitted in            

unclassified form1 but may include a    
classified annex2 and  7,b7 be made     
available only in electronic form and   
shall not be printed1 except if a       
printed copy is requested by an office  
of the legislative branch4  7#d7        
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 the ,committee on ,financial 
,services1 the ,committee on ,foreign   
,affairs1 the ,committee on the         
,judiciary1 the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security1 and the ,permanent ,select   
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,house of ,representatives2 and  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs1 the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee on  
the ,judiciary1 the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs1 and the ,select ,committee on 
,intelligence of the ,senate4  7d7 ,rule

 of construction ,nothing in this ,act  
may be construed to expand the          
eligibility for asylum of any alien by  
reason of the designation of a drug     
cartel as a foreign terrorist           
organization4