H.R.2600 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the designation of the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Introduced 04/15/2021) Cosponsors: (35)
Committees: House - Judiciary
Latest Action: House - 04/15/2021 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2393
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 8, 2021
Mr. Chabot (for himself, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Cicilline) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.
1.Short title
This Act may be cited as the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2021 or NOPEC.
2.Sherman act
The Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 7 the following:
7A.Oil producing cartels
(a)In general
It shall be illegal and a violation of this Act for any foreign state, or any instrumentality or agent of any foreign state, to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state, any instrumentality or agent of any other foreign state, or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action—
(1)to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product;
(2)to set or maintain the price of oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product; or
(3)to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product,
when such action, combination, or collective action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or other petroleum product in the United States.
(b)Inapplicability of defenses
No court of the United States shall decline, based on the act of state, foreign sovereign compulsion, or political question doctrines to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this section.
(c)Enforcement
The Attorney General of the United States shall have the sole authority to bring an action to enforce this section. Any such action shall be brought in any district court of the United States as provided under the antitrust laws.
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3.No sovereign immunity in oil cartel cases
Title 28 of the United States Code is amended—
(1)in section 1605(a)—
(A)in paragraph (5) by striking or after the semicolon,
(B)in paragraph (6) by striking the period and inserting ; or, and
(C)by adding at the end the following:
(7)in which the action is brought under section 7A of the Sherman Act.
, and
(2)in section 1610(a)—
(A)in paragraph (7) by striking the period at the end and inserting , or, and
(B)by adding at the end the following:
(8)the judgment relates to a claim that is brought under section 7A of the Sherman Act.
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4.Severability
If any provision of this Act (or of an amendment made by this Act) is held invalid the remainder of this Act (or of the amendment) shall not be affected thereby.
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 156
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 14, 2021
Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Hawley) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
RESOLUTION
Commending the officers and personnel of Federal, State, and local agencies deployed by air, ground, and marine, and as tactical border security, for their work during the crisis at the Southern border.
Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection (referred to in this preamble as CBP) is charged with protecting the borders of the United States and facilitating travel and trade;
Whereas President Biden promised a humane approach to immigration but the Biden Administration was woefully unprepared for a surge of migrants from Central America, including a record number of vulnerable, unaccompanied children unlawfully crossing the unsecured United States-Mexico border (referred to in this preamble as the Southern border);
Whereas the Southern border is experiencing a humanitarian crisis with unprecedented numbers of vulnerable individuals attempting to unlawfully enter the United States;
Whereas, on March 13, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support a government-wide response effort to address the surge of unlawful crossings at the Southern border;
Whereas, in February 2021, 100,441 individuals were apprehended at the Southern border, which is a 28-percent increase from January 2021;
Whereas a total of 458,088 individuals were encountered at the Southern border in fiscal year 2020, which is only 61,130 encounters more than the number recorded in the first half of the current fiscal year;
Whereas, in all of fiscal year 2020, 33,239 unaccompanied minors were encountered at the Southern border, which is only 3,510 encounters more than the number recorded in the first half of the current fiscal year;
Whereas CBP has conducted more than 3,000 daily apprehensions, while still maintaining a posture to secure the border of the Nation and facilitate international trade and travel;
Whereas the immigration policies of President Biden are—
(1)luring hundreds of thousands of migrants to unlawfully cross the Southern border;
(2)leading to an alarming increase in human trafficking and drug smuggling by cartels and transnational criminal organizations; and
(3)putting unaccompanied minors at risk of human trafficking, violence, sexual abuse, and separation from the families of the unaccompanied minors;
Whereas numerous acts of selfless heroism by CBP agents occur on a daily basis, as the agents face dangerous conditions but continue to risk their lives during a global health pandemic to rescue migrants attempting to unlawfully enter the United States along the Southern border;
Whereas the selfless heroism by CBP agents has been on full display as the crisis at the Southern border grows and thousands of aliens attempt to unlawfully enter the United States each day, including recently reported rescues—
(1)in February 2021, of a migrant woman from Mexico abandoned by human smugglers and left to die in a freezing winter storm as they attempted to unlawfully enter Texas;
(2)in March 2021, of a migrant man and a 2-year-old child swept away by a swift current in a canal as they attempted to unlawfully enter Arizona;
(3)in March 2021, of a migrant man who was abandoned by human smugglers unlawfully entering California, remained missing for 8 days, and had to be carried out of the mountainous terrain on the shoulders of a CBP agent; and
(4)in March 2021, of a migrant man in severe distress in a remote desert location who was abandoned by human smugglers attempting to unlawfully enter New Mexico and who required serious medical attention;
Whereas faced with inadequate Federal resources to manage the surge of illegal border crossings, States along the Southern border have installed their own border protection patrols, such as Arizona Border Strike Force and Operation Lone Star in Texas; and
Whereas resources from Federal, State, and local agencies will need to be diverted from other areas to handle the surge of migrants unlawfully entering the United States: Now, therefore, be it
That the Senate—
(1)recognizes that there is an ongoing and growing crisis on our Southern border; and
(2)commends the men and women of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including Border Patrol personnel, Office of Field Operations personnel, Air and Marine Operations personnel, Office of Trade personnel, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and all support personnel and allies of such agencies from State and local governments for the work of such men and women during the crisis at the Southern border.
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