S 698
118th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 8, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act
This bill requires the Department of State to designate four specified Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. (Among other things, such a designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.)
The bill also requires the State Department to designate other Mexican drug cartels, or factions of such cartels, as foreign terrorist organizations if they meet certain criteria.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1