HR 2600 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

Introduced Apr 15, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Chip Roy R-TX

Latest action · Oct 19, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 15, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

This bill directs the Department of State to designate the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations and to submit a detailed report on those drug cartels and any other cartels it may identify. Based on this report, the State Department must designate as a foreign terrorist organization any such identified cartel (or faction thereof) that meets certain criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2021 to Jun 23, 2022; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	August Pfluger	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-FL	Byron Donalds	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-NC	Dan Bishop	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Kay Granger	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Lance Gooden	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-GA	Marjorie Taylor Greene	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TN	Mark E. Green	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Michael Cloud	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Pat Fallon	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Roger Williams	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Tony Gonzales	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-TX	Van Taylor	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-NM	Yvette Herrell	Original	Apr 15, 2021
R-GA	Austin Scott		Apr 16, 2021
R-AL	Barry Moore		Apr 16, 2021
R-TX	Brian Babin		Apr 16, 2021
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls		Apr 21, 2021
R-MO	Jason Smith		Apr 22, 2021
R-IN	Jim Banks		Jun 29, 2021
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Sep 17, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Sep 17, 2021
R-VA	Bob Good		Oct 21, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Dec 14, 2021
R-OH	Mike Carey		Jun 23, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Apr 15, 2021
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Oct 19, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
Apr 15, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution--to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 65, April 15, 2021, page H1844.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the designation of the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House

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