President Joe Biden is expected to sign a new executive order Tuesday aimed at cracking down on gun violence in the country.

Biden is in California for the AUKUS summit and plans to travel to Monterey Bay, the site of a deadly mass shooting over the Lunar New Year, for the signing ceremony Tuesday afternoon.

White House officials told reporters the order itself seeks to increase the total number of national background checks, promote proper gun safety and storage among owners, and help local law enforcement agencies make use of resources included in the bipartisan gun control law Biden signed into law in 2022.

"Combined with his previous executive actions and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, [the order] indisputably makes President Biden unmatched by any of his predecessors when it comes to a record of taking action to reduce gun violence," one official said. "Now President Biden would be the first to say that even after today, there will be more to do to further reduce gun violence and save lives. He will continue to lead that charge and call on Congress to do the same."

The order also directs the president's Cabinet to stand up a process to support communities reeling from mass shootings and orders Attorney General Merrick Garland to improve communication with federally licensed gun dealers and applicants regarding required background checks.

Furthermore, the order looks to improve the sharing of ballistics data between federal, state, and local law enforcement data.

In addition to signing the executive order, Biden will deliver remarks and visit with community members. Biden invited Brandon Tsay, the 26-year-old man who disarmed the Monterey Bay mass shooter, to his second State of the Union address in February.

As the president mulls a 2024 reelection announcement, he has routinely ramped up calls for Congress to legislate universal background checks and reinstitute 1994's ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Meanwhile, he has sought to portray himself as tough on crime, culminating in his stated intent to sign Republican legislation rolling back a number of sentencing reforms enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia. The move drew strong condemnation from progressives.