The bill would require the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days after enactment, to report to the congressional defense committees on Department of Defense activities to deny, disrupt, or degrade transnational criminal organizations involved in stealing, diverting, or smuggling hydrocarbon products. The report would include recommendations for future activities, partner-nation capacity building, information sharing with civilian agencies, assessments of key network activity nodes, other appropriate non-kinetic activities, and an assessment of resources used. The bill defines hydrocarbon products for this section as specified crude oil and related products classified under tariff heading 2709.00.

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