119-hres262

[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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