,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,goldman of ,new ,york 7for   
himself1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 
,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,thompson  
of ,mississippi1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4      
,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 
,doggett1 ,mr4 ,ivey1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4  
,moskowitz1 and ,mr4 ,robert ,garcia of 
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 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 ,mexico1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,disarming ,cartels ,act4  #b4  
,enhancing border security by disrupting
 the smuggling of ,united               
,states-sourced firearms and related    
munitions across the land border with   

,mexico  7a7 ,in general ,not later than
 #ij days after the date of the         
enactment of this section1 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 actions3
 7#a7 ,increasing collaboration1        
including joint operations1 between     
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection1
 ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs       
,enforcement1 and other appropriate     
,federal partners to identify1 target1  
disrupt1 and dismantle transnational    
criminal organizations responsible for  
exporting firearms and related munitions
 from the ,united ,states to ,mexico4   
7#b7 ,directing ,homeland ,security     
,investigations of ,u4,s4 ,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 partners4  7#c7   
,expanding efforts within ,homeland     
,security ,investigations of ,u4,s4     
,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 smuggling4  7#d7 ,enhancing    
,department of ,homeland ,security      
coordination with appropriate ,mexican  
,government agencies to increase        
outbound inspections by ,u4,s4 ,customs 
and ,border ,protection on the land     
border with ,mexico4  7#e7 ,establishing
 performance measures1 in consultation  
with appropriate ,federal partners1 for 
efforts to disrupt the smuggling of     
,united ,states-sourced firearms across 
the land border with ,mexico4  7b7      
,reporting ,not later than one year     

after the date of the enactment of this 
section and annually thereafter1 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 7a74 ,each 
such report shall include information   
relating to the following3 7#a7         
,ongoing1 planned1 and completed        
activities related to such              
implementation4  7#b7 ,descriptions of  
joint operations conducted by           
,department of ,homeland ,security      
agencies with ,federal partners in      
accordance with paragraph 7#a7 of such  
subsection4  7#c7 ,performance measures 
utilized in accordance with paragraph   
7#e7 of such subsection4