CARTEL Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Luttrell
In Committee
Summary
Public monthly reporting of CBP encounter data and annual DHS threat assessments would require new, routine disclosures about people and groups trying to cross U.S. borders. The bill focuses on making operational statistics and threat analyses available to the public and to congressional homeland security committees.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Monthly border encounter data online
If enacted, U.S. Customs and Border Protection would post monthly stats on a public Department of Homeland Security website. Each release would be due by the 7th day of the month, starting in the second full month after enactment. The report would cover the prior month’s totals and nationalities for encounters (including unique counts), gang-affiliated apprehensions, drug seizures, terrorist‑database matches, arrests of criminal or wanted individuals, known got‑aways, deceased encounters, and ties to transnational criminal groups. It would also list four counts: repeated attempted crossers in the terrorist database; those caught and whether released or removed; repeated attempted crossers tied to transnational criminal groups; and those caught and whether released or removed.
Yearly Homeland Security report on terrorist groups
If enacted, the Secretary of Homeland Security would report to Congress on foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations trying to move people into the United States. It would cover attempts by the southern, northern, and maritime borders. The first report would be due within 90 days of enactment, then once a year. The report would go to the House and Senate homeland security committees and use the Immigration and Nationality Act definition of a foreign terrorist organization.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Luttrell
TX • R
Cosponsors
Steil
WI • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Collins
GA • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Gimenez
FL • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Garbarino
NY • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Bergman
MI • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
McCaul
TX • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Crenshaw
TX • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Ezell
MS • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Weber (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Owens
UT • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Moore (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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