HR 6404 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

Disarming Cartels Act

Latest action · Nov 14, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 14, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 14, 2023 to Jun 26, 2024; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-NVDina TitusOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-MDGlenn IveyOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-NYPatrick RyanOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalNov 14, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeNov 21, 2023
D-CAJimmy PanettaNov 21, 2023
D-RISeth MagazinerNov 21, 2023
D-MAJake AuchinclossMay 23, 2024
D-CAScott H. PetersJun 26, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred Nov 14, 2023
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Nov 14, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Nov 14, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  3. Nov 14, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5963Daniel S. Goldman D-NYNov 29, 2023

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: 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.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 188, November 14, 2023, page H5856.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Disarming Cartels Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2023Introduced in House

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