---
kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 2"
bill: "118-hr-2"
heading: "Secure the Border Act of 2023"
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "eh"
to_label: "Engrossed in House"
sections_amended: 2
sections_added: 1
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/118/hr/2/changes/eh"
---
# H.R. 2 — what changed
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 — 2 sections amended and 1 added between Introduced in House and Engrossed in House.
Edits are marked `struck` and `inserted`.
## Sec. 123 Report on Mexican drug cartels
- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, Congress shall commission a report that contains the following:
- (a) Report— In general— Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on whether a Mexican drug cartel described in paragraph (2) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization.
- (2) Mexican drug cartels described— The Mexican drug cartels described in this paragraph include the following:
- (A) Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
- (B) Sinaloa Cartel.
- (C) Juarez Cartel.
- (D) Tijuana Cartel.
- (E) Gulf Cartel.
- (F) Los Zetas.
- (G) Las Moicas.
- (H) Los Caballeros Templarios.
- (I) Beltran-Leyva Organization.
- (J) Los Rojos.
- (K) La Familia Michoacana.
- (1) Definitions— In this section:A national strategy to address Mexican drug cartels, and a determination regarding whether there should be a designation established to address such cartels.
- (1) Appropriate congressional committees— The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
- (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
- (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
- (2) Foreign terrorist organization— The term “foreign terrorist organization” means an organization described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
- (2) Rule of construction— Nothing in this section may be construed Information relating to expand the eligibility for asylum of any alien actions by reason of such cartels that causes harm to the designation of a drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization.United States.
## Sec. 815 Sense of Congress on further implementation
- The rules relating to “Temporary Agricultural Employment It is the sense of H–2A Nonimmigrants Congress that in implementing the United States” (87 Fed. Reg. 61660 (Oct. 12, 2022)) and to “Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for E-Verify Program, the Temporary Employment Secretary of H–2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States” (88 Fed. Reg. 12760 (Feb. 28, 2023)) Homeland Security shall have no force or effect, may not be reissued in substantially ensure any adverse impact on the same form, Nation’s agricultural workforce, operations, and any new rules that food security are substantially the same as such rules may not be issued.considered and addressed.
## Sec. 816 Repealing regulations — added
- The rules relating to “Temporary Agricultural Employment of H–2A Nonimmigrants in the United States” (87 Fed. Reg. 61660 (Oct. 12, 2022)) and to “Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H–2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States” (88 Fed. Reg. 12760 (Feb. 28, 2023)) shall have no force or effect, may not be reissued in substantially the same form, and any new rules that are substantially the same as such rules may not be issued.