to Inform U.S. Efforts in Central America , the Comptroller General found that efforts of the United States Government focused on firearms trafficking in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras lacked information about relevant country conditions and performance measures to ensure such efforts were designed and implemented to achieve the intended objectives and, as a result, the Comptroller General recommended that the Secretary of State obtain information about the conditions in such countries, to support the development of effective programs to reduce the availability of illicit firearms. (13) Data on firearms trafficking is limited and to understand the problem, data compilation is crucial. (14) As of the date of the publication of the report specified in paragraph (12), the Secretary of Commerce had not assigned any agents to Central America on permanent assignment. (15) In 2021 and 2022, the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of the Department of State included unlawful and arbitrary killings as a significant human rights issue in Guatemala, yet despite such inclusion, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security has authorized approximately 99,270 firearms exports to Guatemala since assuming responsibility for firearms licensing in 2020. (16) When firearms were controlled under the United States Munitions List and the licensing of firearms was the responsibility of the Secretary of State, the average number of firearms licensed for export to Guatemala was approximately 4,000 per year. (17) The current number of exports specified in paragraph (15) represents an extraordinary increase (as much as 25 times the average) from the number specified in paragraph (16), and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security has only been able to conduct a very limited number of end-use checks, according to the 2022 GAO report Firearms Trafficking: More Information Needed to Inform U.S. Efforts in Central America . (18) Since the Department of Commerce gained jurisdiction over