H.Res. 262

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 262 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 262

Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 27, 2025

Mr. Crenshaw (for himself, Mr. Mast, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. 
Arrington, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Comer, Mr. Cole, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
Jordan, Mr. Babin, Mr. Steil, Mr. Guest, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. Westerman, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Bost, 
Mr. Graves, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Ciscomani, and Mr. 
Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Rules

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RESOLUTION

Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels.

Resolved,

SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE TO DEFEAT THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS.

(a) Establishment; Composition.--
(1) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the 
House of Representatives a Select Committee to Defeat the 
Mexican Drug Cartels (hereinafter in this section referred to 
as the ``Select Committee'').
(2) Composition.--
(A) In general.--The Select Committee shall be 
composed of not more than 21 Members, Delegates, or the 
Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, not 
more than 10 of whom shall be appointed after 
consultation with the minority leader. The Speaker 
shall designate one member of the Select Committee as 
its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the Select 
Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the 
original appointment.
(B) Other committee assignments.--The Select 
Committee shall include at least one majority Member, 
delegate, or the resident commissioner from each of the 
following committees:
(i) The Committee on Appropriations.
(ii) The Committee on the Judiciary.
(iii) The Committee on Homeland Security.
(iv) The Committee on Armed Services.
(v) The Committee on Financial Services.
(C) Designation of leadership staff member.--The 
Speaker and the minority leader each may designate a 
leadership staff member to assist in their capacity as 
ex officio members, with the same access to Select 
Committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials 
as employees of the Select Committee and subject to the 
same security clearance and confidentiality 
requirements as staff of the Select Committee.
(b) Jurisdiction; Functions.--
(1) Legislative jurisdiction.--The Select Committee shall 
not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority 
to take legislative action on any bill or resolution.
(2) Investigative jurisdiction.--The sole authority of the 
Select Committee shall be to investigate and submit policy 
recommendations on the operations and capabilities of the 
Mexican drug cartels, to include the international networks 
that facilitate and enable the Mexican drug cartels and the 
United States, Mexican, and other government efforts to target 
and defeat the cartels. The Select Committee may, at its 
discretion, hold public hearings in connection with any aspect 
of its investigative functions.
(c) Procedure.--
(1) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence 
of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Select Committee.
(2) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the Select 
Committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities of, 
and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions 
as, a standing committee of the House, and shall be deemed a 
committee of the House for all purposes of law or rule.
(3)(A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select Committee 
where not inconsistent with this subsection.
(B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count against 
the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.
(C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the Select 
Committee.
(D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select 
Committee in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence.
(d) Records; Staff; Travel; Funding.--
(1) The appointment and the compensation of staff for the 
Select Committee shall be subject to regulations issued by the 
Committee on House Administration.
(2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House or a joint 
committee may be detailed to the Select Committee to carry out 
this resolution and shall be deemed to be staff of the Select 
Committee.
(B) The Select Committee may request the head of any 
Federal agency to detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of 
the personnel of the agency to the Select Committee.
(3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect to the Select 
Committee in the same manner as such section applies with 
respect to a standing committee, except that the selection of 
any consultant or organization under such section shall be 
subject to approval by the Speaker.
(e) Reporting.--The Select Committee may report to the House or any 
committee from time to time the results of its investigations and 
studies, together with such detailed findings, policy recommendations, 
and legislative proposals as it may deem advisable. All such reports 
shall be submitted to the House by December 31, 2026. All policy 
recommendations shall be submitted to the relevant standing committees 
not later than December 31, 2025. The Select Committee shall submit all 
legislative proposals to the relevant standing committees not later 
than 60 days after their adoption by the Select Committee.
(f) Publication.--
(1) The Select Committee shall ensure that reports and 
proposals prepared in accordance with this subsection shall, 
upon completion, be made available to the general public in 
widely accessible formats not later than 30 calendar days 
following the respective dates for completion set forth in 
subsection (e).
(2) Any report issued by the Select Committee shall be 
issued in unclassified form but may include a classified annex, 
a law enforcement-sensitive annex, or both.
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