118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1048 — Ending the NARCOS Act of 2023

“A bill to designate Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations as foreign terrorist organizations and recognizing the threats those organizations pose to the people of the United States as terrorism, and for other purposes.”

International affairs

Introduced Mar 29, 2023

Last action Mar 29, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Mar 29, 2023

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Referred

Mar 29, 2023

Select Intelligence

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill designates nine 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 bill also requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to establish an interagency task force on combating Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations.

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Mar 29, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Mar 29, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.