EL CHAPO Act

What it does

Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act or the EL CHAPO Act This bill requires the forfeited profits of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (El Chapo) from his illicit drug trafficking enterprise to be reserved for border security measures between the United States and Mexico, including the completion of a wall.

Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

Sponsor

Keith Self (R-TX). Co-sponsors: 19 Republicans.

Where it stands

• IntroducedMar 24, 2023
• Passed the House—
• Passed the Senate—
• Sent to the President—
• Became law—

Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (Mar 24, 2023)

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Committees

• Judiciary Committee

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