Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 17, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 17, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 17, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Jan 17, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Jan 17, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jan 17, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 17, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 488 | Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 16, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to implement a strategy to combat the efforts of transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States via social media platforms and other online services and assess their use of such platforms and services for illicit activities.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 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 17, 2025Introduced in Senate
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