119-hr2826

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2826 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2826

To require a report evaluating an expansion of the mission of the Joint 
 Interagency Taskforce South to provide additional resources to combat 
 the illegal trafficking of firearms from the United States to the 
 Caribbean, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 10, 2025

 Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick (for herself and Mr. Bell) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 A BILL

To require a report evaluating an expansion of the mission of the Joint 
 Interagency Taskforce South to provide additional resources to combat 
 the illegal trafficking of firearms from the United States to the 
 Caribbean, 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 ``Caribbean Anti-Smuggling of 
Trafficked Arms Act'' or the ``CAST Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and in 
coordination with the head of any other Federal department or agency 
determined necessary by the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees that includes--

    (1) a description and assessment of the feasibility of an 
 expansion of the mission of the Joint Interagency Taskforce 
 South to include combatting illicit arms trafficking in the 
 Caribbean region;

    (2) a summary of any required adjustments to existing 
 treaties, status of forces agreements, or memoranda of 
 agreement necessary to carry out such an expansion;

    (3) the cost of such an explanation of the additional 
 resources required for such an expansion;

    (4) a report on force depletion; and

    (5) an assessment of the additional coordination efforts 
 needed between Joint Interagency Taskforce South and any 
 international, regional, Federal, State, or local law 
 enforcement agencies to undertake such expanded mission.

    (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--

    (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
 Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
 House of Representatives; and

    (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
 Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
 Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
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