1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act . 2. Inadmissibility of members of significant transnational criminal organizations (a) In general Section 212(a)(2)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(F) ) is amended to read as follows: (F) Membership in a significant transnational criminal organization (i) In general Any alien who— (I) is a member of a significant transnational criminal organization; or (II) is the spouse or child of an alien described in subclause (I), is inadmissible. (ii) Exception Clause (i)(II) shall not apply to a spouse or child— (I) who did not know, or should not reasonably have known, that his or her spouse or parent was a member of a significant transnational criminal organization; or (II) whom the consular officer or Attorney General has reasonable grounds to believe has renounced the significant transnational criminal organization to which his or her spouse or parent belongs. . (b) Designation of significant transnational criminal organizations (1) In general Chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 219A. Designation of significant transnational criminal organizations (a) Designation (1) In general The Attorney General is authorized to designate an organization as a significant transnational criminal organization in accordance with this subsection if the Attorney General, after consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, determines that— (A) the organization is a foreign organization; (B) the organization— (i) engages in criminal activity that involves or affects commerce in the United States; or (ii) retains the ability and intent to engage in such criminal activity