[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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