Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 262 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 262

 Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2025

   Mr. Crenshaw (for himself, Mr. Mast, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr.
 Arrington, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Comer, Mr. Cole, Mr. McCaul, Mr.
Jordan, Mr. Babin, Mr. Steil, Mr. Guest, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Westerman, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Bost,
 Mr. Graves, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Ciscomani, and Mr.
 Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which
                 was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION

 Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE TO DEFEAT THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS.

    (a) Establishment; Composition.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the
        House of Representatives a Select Committee to Defeat the
        Mexican Drug Cartels (hereinafter in this section referred to
        as the ``Select Committee'').
            (2) Composition.--
                    (A) In general.--The Select Committee shall be
                composed of not more than 21 Members, Delegates, or the
                Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, not
                more than 10 of whom shall be appointed after
                consultation with the minority leader. The Speaker
                shall designate one member of the Select Committee as
                its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the Select
                Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the
                original appointment.
                    (B) Other committee assignments.--The Select
                Committee shall include at least one majority Member,
                delegate, or the resident commissioner from each of the
                following committees:
                            (i) The Committee on Appropriations.
                            (ii) The Committee on the Judiciary.
                            (iii) The Committee on Homeland Security.
                            (iv) The Committee on Armed Services.
                            (v) The Committee on Financial Services.
                    (C) Designation of leadership staff member.--The
                Speaker and the minority leader each may designate a
                leadership staff member to assist in their capacity as
                ex officio members, with the same access to Select
                Committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials
                as employees of the Select Committee and subject to the
                same security clearance and confidentiality
                requirements as staff of the Select Committee.
    (b) Jurisdiction; Functions.--
            (1) Legislative jurisdiction.--The Select Committee shall
        not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority
        to take legislative action on any bill or resolution.
            (2) Investigative jurisdiction.--The sole authority of the
        Select Committee shall be to investigate and submit policy
        recommendations on the operations and capabilities of the
        Mexican drug cartels, to include the international networks
        that facilitate and enable the Mexican drug cartels and the
        United States, Mexican, and other government efforts to target
        and defeat the cartels. The Select Committee may, at its
        discretion, hold public hearings in connection with any aspect
        of its investigative functions.
    (c) Procedure.--
            (1) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence
        of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Select Committee.
            (2) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the Select
        Committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities of,
        and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions
        as, a standing committee of the House, and shall be deemed a
        committee of the House for all purposes of law or rule.
            (3)(A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select Committee
        where not inconsistent with this subsection.
            (B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count against
        the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.
            (C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the Select
        Committee.
            (D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select
        Committee in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent
        Select Committee on Intelligence.
    (d) Records; Staff; Travel; Funding.--
            (1) The appointment and the compensation of staff for the
        Select Committee shall be subject to regulations issued by the
        Committee on House Administration.
            (2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House or a joint
        committee may be detailed to the Select Committee to carry out
        this resolution and shall be deemed to be staff of the Select
        Committee.
            (B) The Select Committee may request the head of any
        Federal agency to detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of
        the personnel of the agency to the Select Committee.
            (3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
        1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect to the Select
        Committee in the same manner as such section applies with
        respect to a standing committee, except that the selection of
        any consultant or organization under such section shall be
        subject to approval by the Speaker.
    (e) Reporting.--The Select Committee may report to the House or any
committee from time to time the results of its investigations and
studies, together with such detailed findings, policy recommendations,
and legislative proposals as it may deem advisable. All such reports
shall be submitted to the House by December 31, 2026. All policy
recommendations shall be submitted to the relevant standing committees
not later than December 31, 2025. The Select Committee shall submit all
legislative proposals to the relevant standing committees not later
than 60 days after their adoption by the Select Committee.
    (f) Publication.--
            (1) The Select Committee shall ensure that reports and
        proposals prepared in accordance with this subsection shall,
        upon completion, be made available to the general public in
        widely accessible formats not later than 30 calendar days
        following the respective dates for completion set forth in
        subsection (e).
            (2) Any report issued by the Select Committee shall be
        issued in unclassified form but may include a classified annex,
        a law enforcement-sensitive annex, or both.
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