Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB5849
Legislation Overview
Title: Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Congressional oversight: Criminal justice information and records: Department of Homeland Security: Executive agency funding and structure: Firearms and explosives: Intergovernmental relations: Law enforcement administration and funding: Mexico: Smuggling and trafficking
Description: Directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish a new unit—a Border Enforcement Security Task Force unit—to investigate transnational criminal organization arms smuggling across the international border between the United States and Mexico. The purposes of the new unit include, among other things, reducing arms smuggling from the United States to Mexico.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Last Action Date: June 1, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5849/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Mike Gallagher (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (1 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jun 1, 2020 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. |
| House | Feb 11, 2020 | Introduced in House |
| House | Feb 11, 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 19 2020 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations
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