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Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee
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H.R. 488In committee
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025
Introduced: Jan 16, 2025
Latest action date: Jan 16, 2025
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Jan 16, 2025
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Crime and Law Enforcement
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Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDrug trafficking and controlled substancesFirearms and explosivesFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingIntellectual propertyIntergovernmental relationsInternet, web applications, social mediaOrganized crimeRight of privacySmuggling and trafficking
Bill Summary
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025
This bill requires the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State to combat the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States for illicit activities.
Specifically, the departments must jointly assess and implement a strategy to combat the use of social media platforms, messaging services, and other interactive digital platforms by these organizations to recruit individuals to engage in or support unlawful activities in the United States, Mexico, or otherwise near a U.S. international border.
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Energy and Commerce Committee
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Homeland Security Committee
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Judiciary Committee
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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