Sec. 6031. Establishing a coordinator for countering Mexico's criminal cartels
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall designate an existing official within the executive branch to serve as senior-level coordinator to coordinate, in conjunction with other relevant agencies, all defense, diplomatic, intelligence, financial, and legal efforts to counter the drug- and human-trafficking activities of Mexico's criminal cartels. The designation of a coordinator under subsection
(a)shall not deprive any agency of any authority to independently perform functions of that agency. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter through January 31, 2029, the coordinator designated under subsection
(a)shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed report on the following: Efforts taken during the previous quarter to bolster defense cooperation with the Government of Mexico against Mexico's criminal cartels, and any other activities of the Department of Defense with respect to countering the cartels, including in cooperation with the Government of Mexico or interagency partners. Diplomatic efforts, including numbers of demarches and meetings, taken during the previous quarter to highlight and counter the human rights abuses of Mexico's criminal cartels, including human trafficking, sex trafficking, other exploitation of migrants, endangerment of children, and other abuses. Diplomatic efforts taken during the previous quarter to improve cooperation with the Government of Mexico in countering Mexico's criminal cartels, and a detailed list and assessment of any actions that the Government of Mexico has taken during the previous quarter to counter the cartels. Diplomatic efforts taken during the previous quarter to improve cooperation with partners and allies in countering Mexico’s criminal cartels. Efforts taken during the previous quarter to bolster the screening process at ports of entry to prevent members and associates of Mexico's criminal cartels, and individuals who are working for the cartels, from entering or trafficking drugs, humans, and contraband into the United States. Efforts taken during the previous quarter to encourage the Government of Mexico to improve its screening process along its own ports of entry in order to prevent illicit cash, weapons, and contraband that is destined for Mexico's criminal cartels from entering Mexico. Efforts taken during the previous quarter to investigate and prosecute members and associates of Mexico's criminal cartels, including members and associates operating from within the United States. Efforts taken during the previous quarter to encourage the Government of Mexico to increase its investigation and prosecution of leaders, members, and associates of Mexcio's criminal cartels within Mexico. Efforts taken during the previous quarter to initiate or improve the sharing of intelligence with allies and partners, including the Government of Mexico, for the purpose of countering Mexico’s criminal cartels. Efforts taken during the previous quarter to impose sanctions with respect to— leaders, members, and associates of Mexico's criminal cartels; and any companies, banks, or other institutions that facilitate the cartels’ human-trafficking, drug-trafficking, and other criminal enterprises. The total number of personnel and resources in the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of the Treasury focused on countering Mexico's criminal cartels. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. The term Mexico’s criminal cartels means the following: Criminal organizations the operations of which include human-trafficking, drug-trafficking, and other types of smuggling operations across the southwest border of the United States and take place largely within Mexico, including the following: The Sinaloa Cartel. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The Gulf Cartel. The Los Zetas Cartel. The Northeast Cartel. The Juarez Cartel. The Tijuana Cartel. The Beltran-Leyva Cartel. The La Familia Michoacana, also known as the Knights Templar Cartel. Las Moicas. La Empresa Nueva. MS–13. The Medellin Cartel. Any successor organization to an organization described in subparagraph (A).