Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jan 17, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedJan 17, 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
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 128 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 2,102 words
- Subjects
- Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDrug trafficking and controlled substancesFirearms and explosivesFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman trafficking +6 more
- Latest action
- Jan 17, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 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 H.R. 488 Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025 R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]