H.R. 4070

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4070 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4070

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 20, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs

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AN ACT

To require a homeland security border threat assessment on Tren de 
Aragua and associated strategic plan, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Tren de Aragua Border Security 
Threat Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY BORDER THREAT ASSESSMENT ON TREN DE ARAGUA; 
STRATEGIC PLAN.

(a) Threat Assessment.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the intelligence community and the heads 
of other relevant Federal departments or agencies as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a border threat assessment 
regarding Tren de Aragua (in this section referred to as the 
``threat assessment'').
(2) Elements.--The threat assessment shall include the 
following:
(A) An identification of current and potential 
criminal threats posed by members of Tren de Aragua and 
affiliates seeking to--
(i) unlawfully enter the United States 
through the southwest, northern, or maritime 
border; or
(ii) exploit any security vulnerabilities 
along the southwest, northern, or maritime 
border.
(B) Descriptions of the following with respect to 
Tren de Aragua:
(i) Origins.
(ii) Strategic aims.
(iii) Tactical methods.
(iv) Funding sources.
(v) Leadership structure.
(vi) Chronological growth and presence in 
the United States.
(C) Any other matters the Secretary of Homeland 
Security considers appropriate.
(3) Form.--The threat assessment shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(b) Strategic Plan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the 
submission of the threat assessment under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the heads 
of other relevant Federal departments or agencies as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a strategic plan (in this 
subsection referred to as the ``Strategic Plan'') relating to 
countering the threats identified in the threat assessment, in 
accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) Contents.--The Strategic Plan shall include, at a 
minimum, a consideration of the following:
(A) The threat assessment, with an emphasis on 
efforts to mitigate the criminal threats from 
transnational criminal organizations, including the 
threats identified in the threat assessment in 
accordance with subsection (a)(2)(A).
(B) Efforts to analyze and disseminate border 
security and border threat information between 
Department of Homeland Security border security 
components with the following:
(i) Other appropriate Federal departments 
and agencies with missions associated with the 
southwest, northern, or maritime border.
(ii) State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
law enforcement agencies with jurisdictions 
adjacent to the southwest, northern, or 
maritime border.
(C) Efforts to locate, detect, interdict, and 
disrupt transnational criminal organizations, including 
Tren de Aragua.
(D) Efforts to prevent transnational criminal 
organizations, including Tren de Aragua, from 
proliferating in the United States.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
(2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

Passed the House of Representatives November 19, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.