crashing and killing everyone on board every day. (7) The single largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on United States soil was the September 11 terrorist attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and fentanyl overdoses cause the equivalent of a new September 11 nearly every 2 weeks. (8) In fiscal year 2022, the United States suffered more fentanyl-related deaths than gun- and auto-related deaths combined. (9) Illicit fentanyl is now the number one cause of death among people in the United States between the ages of 18 and 45. (10) A 2017 analysis, accounting for the costs of health care, criminal justice, lost productivity and social and family services, estimated that the total cost of the drug epidemic of the United States facilitated by Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations was more than $1,000,000,000,000 annually, or 5 percent of gross domestic product. (11) Law enforcement and immigration officers report that smugglers evade apprehension and successfully bring large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other illicit drugs into the United States. (12) Despite seizures both at and between ports of entry, like the recent seizure by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of nearly 54 pounds of fentanyl pills and 32 pounds of methamphetamine at the Andrade Port of Entry, domestic supply of these controlled substances indicate a massive amount of controlled substances are still pouring across our border. (13) The Federal Government possesses unutilized resources and lawful measures to combat the cartels through the designation of those groups as foreign terrorist organizations. (14) Foreign terrorist organizations are foreign organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). (15) The designation of organizations as foreign terrorist organizations plays a critical role in the fight against terrorism and is an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and