# 116-hr-5849: Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act

116-hr-5849, Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] (R-WI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5849
- Congress: 116
- Title: Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
- Introduced: 2020-02-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act This bill 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.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8801: Air America Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8800: American Financial Markets Integrity and Security Act
- 116-hr-8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8663: Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-12: CTF Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5849 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5849)

## Related
- [116-hr-8801: Air America Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8801)
- [116-hr-8800: American Financial Markets Integrity and Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8800)
- [116-hr-8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8702)
- [116-hr-8663: Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8663)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-12: CTF Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-12)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5849 (as of 2025-11-18).