S. 2242Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Counternarcotics Enhancement Act

Introduced July 10, 2025

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The Counternarcotics Enhancement Act directs the U.S. intelligence community to evaluate and strengthen its cooperation with Mexico on drug‑related investigations. It requires agencies to report on existing relationships and propose ways to improve joint counternarcotics efforts, and it obligates the Director of National Intelligence to deliver a consolidated action plan to Congress, including any needed resource or authority adjustments.

Key Provisions

  • Within 60 days of the law’s enactment, every U.S. intelligence agency must send the Director of National Intelligence a report describing any direct ties it has with Mexican government agencies, assessing any counterintelligence risks, and outlining a strategy and resource needs to improve counternarcotics cooperation with those Mexican partners.
  • Within 180 days, the Director of National Intelligence must compile those agency reports and submit an overall, unclassified action plan (with a possible classified annex) to the congressional intelligence committees, recommending any changes in authority or funding needed to carry out the plan for fiscal year 2026.

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Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

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July 10, 2025

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2242

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 10, 2025

Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence

A BILL

To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit an action plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and cooperation with the Government of Mexico, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Counternarcotics Enhancement Act.

2.

Plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and cooperation with the Government of Mexico

(a)

Requirement for intelligence community elements

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each element of the intelligence community shall submit to the Director of National Intelligence the following:

(1)

A description and assessment of the intelligence community element’s direct relationship, if any, with any element of the Government of Mexico, including an assessment of the counterintelligence risks of such relationship.

(2)

A strategy to enhance counternarcotics cooperation and appropriate coordination with each element of the Government of Mexico with which the intelligence community element has a direct relationship.

(3)

Recommendations and a description of the resources required to efficiently and effectively implement the strategy required by paragraph (2) in furtherance of the national interest of the United States.

(b)

Requirement for Director of National Intelligence

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees the following:

(1)

The submissions received by the Director pursuant to subsection (a).

(2)

An action plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and cooperation with the Government of Mexico, including recommendations or requests for any changes in authorities or resources in order to effectuate the plan effectively in fiscal year 2026.

(c)

Form

(1)

Submissions from intelligence community elements

The submissions required by subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted to the congressional intelligence committees in the same form in which they were submitted to the Director of National Intelligence.

(2)

Action plan

The submission required by subsection (b)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

(d)

Congressional intelligence committees defined

In this section, the term congressional intelligence committees has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).