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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6404 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance border security 

by disrupting the smuggling of United States-sourced firearms and related munitions across the land border with Mexico, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. GOLDMAN of New York (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 

CASTRO of Texas, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, Mr. DAVIS

of Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. IVEY, Mr. RYAN, Mr. 

MOSKOWITZ, and Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance 

border security by disrupting the smuggling of United 

States-sourced firearms and related munitions across the 

land border with Mexico, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disarming Cartels 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCING BORDER SECURITY BY DISRUPTING 

2 THE SMUGGLING OF UNITED STATES3 SOURCED FIREARMS AND RELATED MUNI4 TIONS ACROSS THE LAND BORDER WITH 

5 MEXICO. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security shall enhance border security efforts 

9 to disrupt the smuggling of United States-sourced fire10 arms and related munitions across the land border with 

11 Mexico by taking the following actions: 

12 (1) Increasing collaboration, including joint op13 erations, between U.S. Customs and Border Protec14 tion, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

15 and other appropriate Federal partners to identify, 

16 target, disrupt, and dismantle transnational criminal 

17 organizations responsible for exporting firearms and 

18 related munitions from the United States to Mexico. 

19 (2) Directing Homeland Security Investigations 

20 of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 

21 establish a mechanism for sharing aggregated infor22 mation about the interdiction of firearms by law en23 forcement agents and officers of the Department in 

24 the United States and the interdiction of United 

25 States-sourced firearms in Mexico with Federal part26 ners. 


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1 (3) Expanding efforts within Homeland Secu2 rity Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

3 Enforcement to collect information concerning fire4 arms recovered at crime scenes in Mexico and ana5 lyze such information for leads regarding United 

6 States sources in order to disrupt cross-border fire7 arms smuggling. 

8 (4) Enhancing Department of Homeland Secu9 rity coordination with appropriate Mexican Govern10 ment agencies to increase outbound inspections by 

11 U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the land 

12 border with Mexico. 

13 (5) Establishing performance measures, in con14 sultation with appropriate Federal partners, for ef15 forts to disrupt the smuggling of United States16 sourced firearms across the land border with Mexico. 

17 (b) REPORTING.—Not later than one year after the 

18 date of the enactment of this section and annually there19 after, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 

20 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

21 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 

23 implementation of subsection (a). Each such report shall 

24 include information relating to the following: 


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1 (1) Ongoing, planned, and completed activities 

2 related to such implementation. 

3 (2) Descriptions of joint operations conducted 

4 by Department of Homeland Security agencies with 

5 Federal partners in accordance with paragraph (1) 

6 of such subsection. 

7 (3) Performance measures utilized in accord8 ance with paragraph (5) of such subsection. 

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