H.R. 6828

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6828 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6828

To require the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to submit to 
Congress an intelligence assessment on the Sinaloa Cartel and the 
Jalisco Cartel, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 17, 2025

Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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A BILL

To require the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to submit to 
Congress an intelligence assessment on the Sinaloa Cartel and the 
Jalisco Cartel, 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 ``Transnational Fentanyl Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF SINALOA 
CARTEL AND JALISCO CARTEL.

(a) Assessment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 
in consultation with the heads of the other elements of the 
intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) that the Director 
determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress an intelligence assessment on the transnational criminal 
organizations known as the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel.
(b) Elements.--The intelligence assessment under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to each transnational criminal organization 
specified in such subsection, a description of the following:
(1) The key leaders, organizational structure, subgroups, 
presence in the states within Mexico, and cross-border illicit 
drug smuggling routes of the transnational criminal 
organization.
(2) The practices used by the transnational criminal 
organization to import the chemicals used to make synthetic 
drugs, to produce such drugs, and to smuggle such drugs across 
the border into the United States.
(3) The main suppliers and the main brokers that supply the 
transnational criminal organization with precursor chemicals 
and equipment used in the production of synthetic drugs.
(4) The manner in which the transnational criminal 
organization is tailoring the fentanyl products of such 
organization to attract a wider variety of United States 
consumers, including unwitting users.
(5) The degree to which the transnational criminal 
organization is using human and technical operations to 
undermine counternarcotics efforts by United States and Mexican 
security services.
(6) An estimate of the annual revenue received by the 
transnational criminal organization from the sale of illicit 
drugs, disaggregated by drug type.
(7) Any other information the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency determines relevant.
(c) Form.--The intelligence assessment under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in classified form.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the congressional defense committees (as such term is 
defined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code);
(2) the congressional intelligence committees (as such term 
is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3003));
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives.
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