HR 885 · in committee · significant
Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act
- foreign policy
What this bill does
- The bill directs the State Department to designate four major drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
- Drug trafficking organizations, financial institutions, and individuals conducting transactions with these cartels are affected.
- The designation allows the Treasury Department to block financial transactions; no specific cost or timeline is provided.
Generated by claude-haiku-4-5
Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations change enforcement priorities compared to current drug trafficking laws?
- 02
What unintended consequences could arise for financial institutions caught in transactions with designated cartels without prior knowledge?
- 03
Which evidence supports that terrorist designations would be more effective than existing DEA and law enforcement tools at disrupting drug trafficking?
Cosponsor writes these to seed civic discussion — they aren't user posts. Sign in to reply.
Sponsor · R-TX-21
Chip Roy
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
28/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-31
Joining the bill
Keith Self
R-TX-3 · original
Beth Van Duyne
R-TX-24 · original
Jodey C. Arrington
R-TX-19 · original
Andrew Ogles
R-TN-5 · original
Clay Higgins
R-LA-3 · original
Michael Cloud
R-TX-27 · original
Andy Biggs
R-AZ-5 · original
Byron Donalds
R-FL-19 · original
Pat Fallon
R-TX-4 · original
Josh Brecheen
R-OK-2 · original
Paul A. Gosar
R-AZ-9 · original
Randy K. Weber, Sr.
R-TX-14 · original
+ 16 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-31 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
Citizen comments
Sign in to comment on this bill.
No comments yet — be the first.