# 119-hr-4645: NARCO Act of 2025

119-hr-4645, NARCO Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH); status introduced (as of 2026-07-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4645
- Congress: 119
- Title: NARCO Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Centralizes and expands the State Department's counter‑narcotics and transnational crime authority.** This bill would move the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to report to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs and give that office new powers over rewards, training, justice assistance, and interagency coordination. - Would fund training and equipping of foreign police, border control, and civilian law enforcement with required vetting. It would also authorize strengthening foreign justice systems but limits those activities to no more than 10% of total grant funding. - Would authorize up to $25 million for the Narcotics Reward Program and Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program and require that at least 20% of the Bureau’s annual budget authority be used for bounties and rewards. Unspent funds for rewards would carry forward for future years. - Would make the office the coordination hub with DOJ, FBI, DEA, ICE, Defense, Treasury, Homeland Security, and the intelligence community. It would require standard monitoring and evaluation, a searchable database of bureau programming and line‑item spending, and an annual written certification to congressional foreign affairs committees on staff compliance with the Foreign Service Act.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Dedicated rewards for global crime tips: benefit, low. This bill would direct steady funding for rewards to help catch major criminals. The Secretary could set aside up to $25 million for tips, captures, and interdictions. At least 20% of the Bureau’s yearly budget would go to these reward programs, and unused reward money could roll over to later year…
- Public database of anti-crime spending: benefit, low. This bill would create a public, searchable database that shows line‑item spending on programs, grants, and rewards. It would post success measures and evaluations. Each year, the Assistant Secretary would certify to Congress that funded U.S. enforcement staff abroad follow Foreign Service Act sect…
- Broader global crime fight with safeguards: mixed, medium. This bill would expand efforts to fight transnational crime, including narcotics, money laundering, human trafficking, smuggling, and other threats. Work would prioritize groups that endanger U.S. citizens and some listed terrorist groups. The U.S. would train and equip foreign police and border of…
- New chain of command and coordination: mixed, low. This bill would have the Assistant Secretary report to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs. The Under Secretary could assign the Assistant Secretary new duties as needed. The Assistant Secretary would consult chiefs of mission and other agency heads to align overseas programs and…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4645 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4645)

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- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4645 (as of 2026-07-19).