Sec. 4. Strategy to combat cartel recruitment on social media and online platforms
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a joint strategy, to be known as the National Strategy to Combat Illicit Recruitment Activity by Transnational Criminal Organizations on Social Media and Online Platforms , to combat the use of covered services by transnational criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, to recruit individuals located in the United States to engage in or provide support for illicit activities occurring in the United States, Mexico, or otherwise in proximity to an international border of the United States.
The strategy required under subsection
(a)shall, at a minimum, include the following: A proposal to improve cooperation between the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and relevant government and law enforcement entities. Recommendations to implement a process for the voluntary reporting of information regarding the recruitment efforts of transnational criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, in the United States involving covered services. A proposal to improve intragovernmental coordination with respect to the matters described in subsection (a), including between the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of State, and State, Tribal, and local governments. A proposal to improve coordination within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of State and between the components of those Departments with respect to the matters described in subsection (a). Activities to facilitate increased intelligence analysis for law enforcement purposes of efforts of transnational criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, to utilize covered services for recruitment to engage in or provide support with respect to illicit activities. Activities to foster international partnerships and enhance collaboration with foreign governments and, as applicable, multilateral institutions, with respect to the matters described in subsection (a). Activities to specifically increase engagement and outreach with youth in border communities, including regarding the recruitment tactics of transnational criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, and the consequences of participation in illicit activities. A detailed description of the measures used to ensure— law enforcement and intelligence activities focus on the recruitment activities of transnational criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, rather than individuals the transnational criminal organizations or enterprises, as the case may be, attempt to or successfully recruit; and the protection of privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties in carrying out the activities described in clause (i), with a particular focus on the protections in place to protect minors and constitutionally protected activities. The strategy required under subsection
(a)shall not include legislative recommendations or elements predicated on the passage of legislation that is not enacted as of the date on which the strategy is submitted under subsection (a). In drafting and implementing the strategy required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall, at a minimum, consult and engage with— the heads of relevant components of the Department of Homeland Security, including— the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis; the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans; the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; the Privacy Officer; and the Assistant Secretary of the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement; the heads of relevant components of the Department of Justice, including— the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division; the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer; the Director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces; the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the heads of relevant components of the Department of State, including— the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; and the Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center; the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of Education; and as selected by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or his or her designee in the Office of Public Engagement, representatives of border communities, including representatives of— State, Tribal, and local governments, including school districts and local law enforcement; and nongovernmental experts in the fields of— civil rights and civil liberties; online privacy; humanitarian assistance for migrants; and youth outreach and rehabilitation. Not later than 90 days after the date on which the strategy required under subsection
(a)is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall commence implementation of the strategy. Not later than 180 days after the date on which the strategy required under subsection
(a)is implemented under paragraph (1), and semiannually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a joint report describing the efforts of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State, respectively, to implement the strategy required under subsection
(a)and the progress of those efforts, which shall include a description of— the recommendations, and corresponding implementation of those recommendations, with respect to the matters described in subsection (b)(1)(B); the interagency posture with respect to the matters covered by the strategy required under subsection (a), which shall include a description of collaboration between the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, other Federal entities, State, local, and Tribal entities, foreign governments and, as applicable, multilateral institutions,; and the threat landscape, including new developments related to the recruitment efforts of transnational criminal organizations, or criminal enterprises acting on behalf of transnational criminal organizations, and the use by such organizations or enterprises, as the case may be, of new or emergent covered services and recruitment methods. Each report required under subparagraph
(A)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. Not later than 2 years after the date on which the strategy required under subsection
(a)is implemented under paragraph (1), the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer of the Department of Justice, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a joint report that includes— a detailed assessment of the measures used to ensure the protection of civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy rights in carrying out this section; and recommendations to improve the implementation of the strategy required under subsection (a). Prior to implementation of the strategy required under subsection
(a)at the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue rules to carry out this section in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code.