Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act
Latest action · Dec 12, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act
This bill makes membership in a significant transnational criminal organization a ground for inadmissibility into the United States and provides for criminal penalties against those that provide material support to such an organization.
The bar against admission applies to an alien member of such an organization and an alien spouse or child of such an individual. The bar shall not apply to a spouse or child who (1) did not know, or should not reasonably have known, that the individual was a member of such an organization; or (2) has renounced the organization in question.
The bill establishes statutory authority and procedures for the Department of Justice to designate an organization a significant transnational criminal organization. The Department of the Treasury may require U.S. financial institutions to block transactions involving assets belonging to such an organization.
An individual who knowingly provides material support or resources to a significant transnational criminal organization (or attempts or conspires to do so) shall be fined, imprisoned for up to 20 years, or both. If the death of any person is the result, the offending individual may be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. A financial institution that becomes aware that it possesses or controls funds belonging to such an organization shall retain such funds and notify Treasury.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2019 to Dec 17, 2019, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Ben Sasse | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Dec 17, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Dec 12, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5417 | Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act | Identical bill | Jan 30, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Evidence and witnesses
- Foreign property
- Government information and archives
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Judicial review and appeals
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Organized crime
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
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