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H.R. 8561: Stop the Cartels Act

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H.R. 8561: Stop the Cartels Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-07-28 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Stop the Cartels Act

Plain summary

Stop the Cartels Act This bill addresses various issues including matters relating to immigration, law enforcement cooperation with Mexico, and drug cartels. The bill bars federal financial assistance for state or local jurisdictions that (1) restrict compliance with immigration detainers issued by the Department of Homeland Security, or (2) have any law or policy that violates immigration laws. Furthermore, under this bill, the detention of alien minors must be governed by specified sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act and not any judicial decree or settlement. (A 1997 settlement agreement imposes requirements related to the treatment of such minors, including limits on how long they may be detained under certain conditions.) The bill also makes various changes to asylum applications, including by (1) increasing the burden that an asylum applicant must meet to establish a credible fear of persecution, and (2) establishing refugee application and processing centers in Central America. In addition, certain Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development assistance may not be made available to Mexico's government until the State Department certifies that Mexico has removed certain barriers to law enforcement cooperation and intelligence sharing between the United States and Mexico. The bill also establishes the foreign Special Transnational Criminal Organization designation and establishes penalties related to designated organizations, such as making it a crime to knowingly provide material support to such an organization. The State Department must designate specified organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel, with the designation, and may designate other organizations that fit criteria established in this bill.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Stop the Cartels Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] · 17 cosponsors

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Clay Higgins (R-LA), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Scott Perry (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] reported raising $757,166 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr8561 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117