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Terrorist Organization Classification Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-2633| House 
| Updated: 4/17/2023
George Santos

George Santos

Republican Representative

New York

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Terrorist Organization Classification Act of 2023 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) that meets certain criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization. The bill specifies that it may not be construed to expand eligibility for asylum.
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Timeline
Apr 17, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 17, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • April 17, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • April 17, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 118-1564: Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

Terrorist Organization Classification Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-2633| House 
| Updated: 4/17/2023
Terrorist Organization Classification Act of 2023 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) that meets certain criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization. The bill specifies that it may not be construed to expand eligibility for asylum.
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Timeline
Apr 17, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 17, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • April 17, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • April 17, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
George Santos

George Santos

Republican Representative

New York

Judiciary Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 118-1564: Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted