; and (C) seek to consult with appropriate counterparts from the government of each country designated as a covered country under section 5 . (4) Submission to Congress Not later than January 1 of the year following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the strategy under paragraph (1). (c) Improved tracking of trafficked firearms (1) Assessment of data availability Not later than 180 days after the date on which a country is designated (or the deemed to be designated, as the case may be), under section 5 , the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the heads of such other Federal departments or agencies as the Secretary of State may determine relevant, shall conduct and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an assessment of the extent to which the law enforcement agencies of that designated country make available to the United States Government forensic information of trafficked firearms. (2) Addressing gaps in data For the duration of the period during which a country is designated as a covered country under section 5 , the Secretary of State shall— (A) seek to engage with the foreign counterparts of the government of such country to improve the collection and sharing of the forensic information of trafficked firearms confiscated by the law enforcement agencies of such country