Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025
This bill requires the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State to combat the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States for illicit activities.
Specifically, the departments must jointly assess and implement a strategy to combat the use of social media platforms, messaging services, and other interactive digital platforms by these organizations to recruit individuals to engage in or support unlawful activities in the United States, Mexico, or otherwise near a U.S. international border.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Dec 19, 2025, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Dec 19, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 16, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 150 | Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 17, 2025 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Firearms and explosives
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Human trafficking
- Intellectual property
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Organized crime
- Right of privacy
- Smuggling and trafficking
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
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