118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2633 — Terrorist Organization Classification Act of 2023

“To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the designation of MS-13, Queen Nation, Sinaloa, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, and Beltrán Leyva Organization as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.”

International affairs

Introduced Apr 17, 2023

Last action Apr 17, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Apr 17, 2023

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Referred

Apr 17, 2023

Judiciary

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Department of State to designate five specified 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 five specified cartels in the bill are MS-13, Queen Nation, Sinaloa, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, and Beltran Leyva Organization. The bill also requires the State Department to submit a detailed report on those five 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) th...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 2 actions

Apr 17, 2023

Introduced in House

Apr 17, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.