[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2242 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2242

 To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit an action 
   plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and 
   cooperation with the Government of Mexico, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit an action 
   plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and 
   cooperation with the Government of Mexico, 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 ``Counternarcotics Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. PLAN TO ENHANCE COUNTERNARCOTICS COLLABORATION, COORDINATION, 
              AND COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.

    (a) Requirement for Intelligence Community Elements.--Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 
each element of the intelligence community shall submit to the Director 
of National Intelligence the following:
            (1) A description and assessment of the intelligence 
        community element's direct relationship, if any, with any 
        element of the Government of Mexico, including an assessment of 
        the counterintelligence risks of such relationship.
            (2) A strategy to enhance counternarcotics cooperation and 
        appropriate coordination with each element of the Government of 
        Mexico with which the intelligence community element has a 
        direct relationship.
            (3) Recommendations and a description of the resources 
        required to efficiently and effectively implement the strategy 
        required by paragraph (2) in furtherance of the national 
        interest of the United States.
    (b) Requirement for Director of National Intelligence.--Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees the following:
            (1) The submissions received by the Director pursuant to 
        subsection (a).
            (2) An action plan to enhance counternarcotics 
        collaboration, coordination, and cooperation with the 
        Government of Mexico, including recommendations or requests for 
        any changes in authorities or resources in order to effectuate 
        the plan effectively in fiscal year 2026.
    (c) Form.--
            (1) Submissions from intelligence community elements.--The 
        submissions required by subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted to 
        the congressional intelligence committees in the same form in 
        which they were submitted to the Director of National 
        Intelligence.
            (2) Action plan.--The submission required by subsection 
        (b)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
        a classified annex.
    (d) Congressional Intelligence Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``congressional intelligence committees'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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