H.R. 4471

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To establish and implement an informational campaign and national strategy to prevent minors from working with cartels and transnational criminal organizations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · July 16, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Vasquez · Committee: Committee on the Judiciary

Table of contents

• H.R. 4471
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Informational campaign and national strategy
  • SEC. 3. DOJ Assets Forfeiture Fund

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the No More Narcos Act.

SEC. 2. Informational campaign and national strategy

• (a) In general
  • Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, the Director of National Drug Control Policy, and such other Federal, State, local, or tribal agency as may be appropriate, shall establish and implement an informational campaign to educate covered students on the dangers and risks of working with cartels or other transnational criminal organizations.
• (b) National strategy
  • The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish and implement a national strategy to combat cartels and other transnational criminal organizations targeting and recruiting minors in the United States to engage in unlawful smuggling or trafficking activities.
• (c) Definitions
  • In this Act:
    • The term covered student means students in middle grades and high school in United States communities 100 miles or less from the United States-Mexico border.
    • The term high school has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (). 20 U.S.C. 7801
    • The term middle grades has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (). 20 U.S.C. 7801
    • The term minor means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age.
    • The term transnational criminal organization means self-perpetuating associations of individuals who—

SEC. 3. DOJ Assets Forfeiture Fund

• Section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
  • in subparagraph (I), by striking and at the end;
  • in subparagraph (J)(ii), by striking the period and inserting ; and; and
    • payments for—
      • (i) the informational campaign to educate students on the dangers and risks of working with cartels or other transnational criminal organizations under the No More Narcos Act; and
      • (ii) the national strategy to combat cartels and other transnational criminal organizations targeting and recruiting minors in the United States to engage in unlawful smuggling or trafficking activities under such Act.
  • by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following: