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 the control of firearm export licensing, there has been a 30 percent increase in firearm exports in comparison to averages for such exports when the control of such exports was under the jurisdiction of the Department of State. The Secretary of Commerce has also approved 95 percent of license applications for such exports. (19) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mexico, Guatemala, and Brazil have been among the top 10 destinations for United States-manufactured semiautomatic firearm exports. (20) The proposed security cooperation plan titled U.S.-Mexico Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Heath, and Safe Communities and other new initiatives to address root causes of migration from Central America offers an opportunity to reaffirm commitments and strengthen cooperation on addressing firearms trafficking. (21) Recent high-level conversations between the United States and Mexico, including on the bicentennial framework specified in paragraph (18), have identified opportunities of cooperation on anti-firearm trafficking efforts between the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, and the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (22) The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act ( Public Law 117–159 ), which was enacted into law on June 25, 2022, implemented key efforts to address firearm trafficking, including by establishing a Federal criminal offense for firearm trafficking and by strengthening the capability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to interdict firearms. (23) A growing number of firearms exported by United States manufacturers are found involved in violent crimes worldwide. For instance, the pistol used in a mass shooting of 23