Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report and implement a strategy to combat the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States to support illicit activities in the United States or countries near a U.S. international border. DHS must also identify a designee within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive, process, and disseminate information about these social media recruitment activities. The information must be disseminated to federal, tribal, state, and local entities to support appropriate government functions, such as providing actionable intelligence to law enforcement.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Immigration
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesDigital mediaDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGovernment information and archivesHuman traffickingIntergovernmental relationsState and local government operations
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2022
USA117th CongressS-4963| Senate
| Updated: 9/27/2022
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report and implement a strategy to combat the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States to support illicit activities in the United States or countries near a U.S. international border. DHS must also identify a designee within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive, process, and disseminate information about these social media recruitment activities. The information must be disseminated to federal, tribal, state, and local entities to support appropriate government functions, such as providing actionable intelligence to law enforcement.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Immigration
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesDigital mediaDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGovernment information and archivesHuman traffickingIntergovernmental relationsState and local government operations