[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1927 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1927
To transfer all functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms relating to the regulation of firearms from the Department of
the Treasury to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 29, 1993
Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly
to the Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary
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A BILL
To transfer all functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms relating to the regulation of firearms from the Department of
the Treasury to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF FIREARMS REGULATION FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU OF
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS.
(a) In General.--The functions relating to the regulation of
firearms which on April 29, 1993, were performed by the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms are hereby transferred from that Bureau
to the Attorney General.
(b) Delegation of Functions.--The Attorney General shall delegate
to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation the functions
transferred under this section.
(c) Property and Records.--The contracts, liabilities, records,
property, and other assets and interests of, or made available in
connection with, the functions transferred by this section are hereby
transferred to the Attorney General for appropriate allocation.
(d) Personnel.--
(1) In general.--The personnel employed in connection with
the functions transferred by this section are hereby
transferred to the Attorney General.
(2) Effect.--Any full-time or part-time personnel employed
in permanent positions shall not be separated or reduced in
grade or compensation because of the transfer under this
subsection during the 1-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule,
regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of or
pertaining to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms with respect
to functions transferred by this Act--
(1) to the Secretary of the Treasury or the head of that
bureau is deemed to refer to the Attorney General; and
(2) to the Department of the Treasury or that bureau is
deemed to refer to the Department of Justice or the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, as appropriate.
SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.
(a) Legal Documents.--All orders, determinations, rules,
regulations, permits, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, and
privileges--
(1) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to
become effective by the President, by the head of the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the Secretary of the Treasury,
any other Government official, or a court of competent
jurisdiction, in the performance of functions of the head of
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms that are
transferred by this Act, and
(2) that are in effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act (or become effective after such date pursuant to their
terms as in effect on such date),
shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified,
terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by
the President, the Attorney General or other authorized official, or a
court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(b) Proceedings.--The provisions of this Act shall not affect any
proceedings or any application for any benefits, service, license,
permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms on the date of the enactment of this
Act, but such proceedings and applications shall be continued. Orders
shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom,
and payments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this Act had
not been enacted, and orders issued in any such proceeding shall
continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked
by a duly authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or
by operation of law. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to
prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding
under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such
proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if this Act had not
been enacted.
(c) Suits.--The provisions of this Act shall not affect suits
commenced before the date of the enactment of this Act, and in all such
suits, proceeding shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered
in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been
enacted.
(d) Nonabatement of Actions.--No suit, action, or other proceeding
commenced by or against the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of
such individual as an officer of such bureau shall abate by reason of
the enactment of this Act.
(e) Continuance of Suits.--If, before the date of the enactment of
this Act, any agency or officer thereof in the official capacity of
such officer, is party to a suit, and under this Act any function of
such agency or officer is transferred to the Attorney General or any
other official of the Department of Justice, then such suit shall be
continued with the Attorney General or other appropriate official of
the Department of Justice substituted or added as a party.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
(1) in section 8C(b)--
(A) by striking ``the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms,''; and
(B) by striking ``Service,'' and inserting
``Service''; and
(2) in section 9(a)(1)(L)--
(A) by striking ``the `Office of Internal Affairs,
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms',''; and
(B) by striking ``Service','' and inserting
``Service' ''.
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF AUDIT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) Repeal.--Section 713 of title 31, United States Code, is
repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking
the item relating to section 713.
SEC. 6. RENAMING OF BUREAU.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue such regulations as are
necessary to rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as
appropriate to reflect the transfer of functions by this Act.
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