CARTEL Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7566 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7566

To publicize U.S. Customs and Border Protection operational statistics
             and report on foreign terrorist organizations.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2024

Mr. Luttrell (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Guest, Mrs.
Cammack, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Posey, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Garbarino, Mr.
 Ezell, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Webster of Florida,
and Mr. Williams of New York) introduced the following bill; which was
             referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

To publicize U.S. Customs and Border Protection operational statistics
             and report on foreign terrorist organizations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cartel And Radical Terrorist
Enforcement Log Act of 2024'' or the ``CARTEL Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OF
              OPERATIONAL STATISTICS.

    Not later than the seventh day of each month beginning with the
second full month after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall publish on a
publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security
information relating to the total number of alien encounters and
nationalities, unique alien encounters and nationalities, gang
affiliated apprehensions and nationalities, drug seizures, alien
encounters included in the terrorist screening database and
nationalities, arrests of criminal aliens or individuals wanted by law
enforcement and nationalities, known got aways, encounters with
deceased aliens, alien encounters and apprehensions affiliated with
transnational criminal organizations, and all other related or
associated statistics recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
during the immediately preceding month. Each such publication shall
include the following:
            (1) The total number of individuals included in the
        terrorist screening database (as such term is defined in
        section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
        621)) who have repeatedly attempted to cross unlawfully into
        the United States.
            (2) The total number of individuals included in the
        terrorist screening database who have been apprehended,
        including information relating to whether such individuals were
        released into the United States or removed.
            (3) The total number of individuals affiliated with
        transnational criminal organizations who have repeatedly
        attempted to cross unlawfully into the United States.
            (4) The total number of individuals affiliated with
        transnational criminal organizations who have been apprehended,
        including information relating to whether such individuals were
        released into the United States or removed.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND
              TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of foreign terrorist
organizations and transnational criminal organizations attempting to
move their members or affiliates into the United States through the
southern, northern, or maritime border.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``foreign terrorist
organization'' means an organization described in section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
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