Report on countering cartel hydrocarbon smuggling

(a) Report required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that— (1) details activities taking place pursuant to section 284 of title 10, United States Code, or other authorities of the Department of Defense, to deny, disrupt, or degrade transnational criminal organizations directly or indirectly engaged in the theft, diversion, or illicit movement of stolen hydrocarbon products; and (2) includes— (A) recommendations for future additional activities to counter the activities of transnational criminal organizations described in paragraph (1), including— (i) capacity building with national security forces of partner nations pursuant to section 333 of title 10, United States Code; (ii) information sharing with civilian United States Government agencies specializing in countering transnational criminal organizations; (iii) assessments of key nodes of activity of transnational organized crime networks engaged in the smuggling of hydrocarbon products; and (iv) any other non-kinetic activity the Secretary determines appropriate to deny, disrupt, or degrade the smuggling of hydrocarbon products; and (B) an assessment of resources used to conduct the activities described in paragraph (1). (b) Hydrocarbon products defined In this section, the term hydrocarbon products means crude oil classified under heading 2709.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude), including unprocessed crude petroleum oils (whether testing under or over 25 API gravity), crude oils obtained from bituminous minerals, condensates derived wholly from natural gas, and reconstituted crude petroleum.