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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6404 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disarming Cartels Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCING BORDER SECURITY BY DISRUPTING THE SMUGGLING OF UNITED 
              STATES-SOURCED FIREARMS AND RELATED MUNITIONS ACROSS THE 
              LAND BORDER WITH MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
enhance border security efforts to disrupt the smuggling of United 
States-sourced firearms and related munitions across the land border 
with Mexico by taking the following actions:
            (1) Increasing collaboration, including joint operations, 
        between U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement, and other appropriate Federal partners 
        to identify, target, disrupt, and dismantle transnational 
        criminal organizations responsible for exporting firearms and 
        related munitions from the United States to Mexico.
            (2) Directing Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. 
        Immigration and Customs Enforcement to establish a mechanism 
        for sharing aggregated information about the interdiction of 
        firearms by law enforcement agents and officers of the 
        Department in the United States and the interdiction of United 
        States-sourced firearms in Mexico with Federal partners.
            (3) Expanding efforts within Homeland Security 
        Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 
        collect information concerning firearms recovered at crime 
        scenes in Mexico and analyze such information for leads 
        regarding United States sources in order to disrupt cross-
        border firearms smuggling.
            (4) Enhancing Department of Homeland Security coordination 
        with appropriate Mexican Government agencies to increase 
        outbound inspections by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on 
        the land border with Mexico.
            (5) Establishing performance measures, in consultation with 
        appropriate Federal partners, for efforts to disrupt the 
        smuggling of United States-sourced firearms across the land 
        border with Mexico.
    (b) Reporting.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the implementation of 
subsection (a). Each such report shall include information relating to 
the following:
            (1) Ongoing, planned, and completed activities related to 
        such implementation.
            (2) Descriptions of joint operations conducted by 
        Department of Homeland Security agencies with Federal partners 
        in accordance with paragraph (1) of such subsection.
            (3) Performance measures utilized in accordance with 
        paragraph (5) of such subsection.
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