Combatting firearms trafficking in the Western Hemisphere

(a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and in coordination with the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall seek to work with appropriate national and subnational law enforcement authorities of countries in the Western Hemisphere in order to increase voluntary participation by such authorities in the eTrace program, including by providing relevant translation services. (b) Report Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of subsection (a). (c) Definition In this section, the term eTrace program means the web-based firearms tracing system of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives that is available to accredited domestic and international law enforcement agencies to assist in the tracing of United States-sourced firearms.