,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cefg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ah1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the          
,president of the ,united ,states to    
issue letters of marque and reprisal    
with respect to acts of aggression      
against the ,united ,states by a member 
of a cartel1 or a member of a           
cartel-linked organization1 or any      
conspirator associated with a cartel1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,cartel ,marque and ,reprisal           
,authorization ,act of #bjbe4  #b4      
,findings ,the ,congress finds the      
following3 7#a7 ,article ,i1 section #h 
of the ,constitution grants the         
,congress the power to grant letters of 
marque and reprisal to punish1 deter1   
and prevent the acts of aggression and  
depredations and other acts of war      

committed by cartel conspirators4  7#b7 
,cartels present an unusual and         
extraordinary threat to national        
security and foreign policy of the      
,united ,states4  #c4 ,issuance of      
letters of marque and reprisal  7a7     
,authority of ,president ,the ,president
 of the ,united ,states is authorized   
and requested to commission1 under      
officially issued letters of marque and 
reprisal1 so many of privately armed and
 equipped persons and entities as1 in   
the judgment of the ,president1 the     
service may require1 with suitable      
instructions to the leaders thereof1 to 
employ all means reasonably necessary to
 seize outside the geographic boundaries
 of the ,united ,states and its         
territories the person and property of  
any individual who the ,president       
determines is a member of a cartel1 a   
member of a cartel-linked organization1 
or a conspirator associated with a      
cartel or a cartel-linked organization1 
who is responsible for an act of        

aggression against the ,united ,states4 
7b7 ,security ,bonds ,no letter of      
marque and reprisal shall be issued by  
the ,president without requiring the    
posting of a security bond in such      
amount as the ,president shall determine
 is sufficient to ensure that the letter
 be executed according to the terms and 
conditions thereof4  7c7 ,definition of 
cartel ,in this section1 the term cartel
 means an organization that-- 7#a7 is   
described in section #a of the          
,executive order titled ,designating    
,cartels ,and ,other ,organizations ,as 
,foreign ,terrorist ,organizations and  
,specially ,designated ,global          
,terrorists and dated ,january #bj1     
#bjbe2 or  7#b7 is a transnational      
criminal organization under the meaning 
given that term in section #cjjc7e7 of  
the ,public ,law #aah-ej 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 
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