A bill to require a report on countering the smuggling of hydrocarbon products by transnational criminal organizations, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4544 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4544 To require a report on countering the smuggling of hydrocarbon products by transnational criminal organizations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 14, 2026 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require a report on countering the smuggling of hydrocarbon products by transnational criminal organizations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Fueling Cartel Violence Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Mexico-based transnational criminal organizations, including the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), the Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, and the Northeast Cartel, have developed large-scale enterprises to steal, divert, and smuggle crude oil, diesel, gasoline, and refined petroleum products from Mexico's state-owned energy company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). (2) Such operations involve illegally drilling clandestine taps into fuel pipelines, raiding refineries, hijacking petroleum tanker trucks, bribing Pemex employees, and using networks of front companies and shell companies to launder the resulting illicit proceeds. (3) The Department of the Treasury has determined that fuel theft, including crude oil smuggling, is currently the most significant non-drug illicit revenue source for Mexico-based cartels and other illicit actors. (4) Theft of hydrocarbon products by transnational criminal organizations and foreign terrorist organizations has grown to an