Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jan 16, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 90 words.
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 This bill requires the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State to combat the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States for illicit activities. Specifically, the departments must jointly assess and implement a strategy to combat the use of social media platforms, messaging services, and other interactive digital platforms by these organizations to recruit individuals to engage in or support unlawful activities in the United States, Mexico, or otherwise near a U.S. international border.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Homeland Security Committee
House Judiciary Committee - Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 63 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 2,114 words
- Subjects
- Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDrug trafficking and controlled substancesFirearms and explosivesFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman trafficking +6 more
- Latest action
- Jan 16, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 150 Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]