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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 re-
lated munitions across the land border with Mexico, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 fol-
lowing 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disarming Cartels 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCING BORDER SECURITY BY DISRUPTING 
THE 
SMUGGLING 
OF 
UNITED 
STATES- 
SOURCED FIREARMS AND RELATED MUNI-
TIONS 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 fire-
arms and related munitions across the land border with 
Mexico by taking the following actions: 
(1) Increasing collaboration, including joint op-
erations, between U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, 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 infor-
mation about the interdiction of firearms by law en-
forcement agents and officers of the Department in 
the United States and the interdiction of United 
States-sourced firearms in Mexico with Federal part-
ners. 
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(3) Expanding efforts within Homeland Secu-
rity Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement to collect information concerning fire-
arms recovered at crime scenes in Mexico and ana-
lyze such information for leads regarding United 
States sources in order to disrupt cross-border fire-
arms smuggling. 
(4) Enhancing Department of Homeland Secu-
rity coordination with appropriate Mexican Govern-
ment agencies to increase outbound inspections by 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the land 
border with Mexico. 
(5) Establishing performance measures, in con-
sultation with appropriate Federal partners, for ef-
forts 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 there-
after, 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: 
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