BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

Articles and editorials

ATF Firearms Prosecution Referrals Drop—Study Says Criminal Cases Have Fallen Since 1992, but Picked Up Last Year, S351 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

Firearms: mandatory registration of handguns (see S. 2099), S799 [24FE]

Remarks in House

Boteler, Blake L.: Top Cop Award recipient, E1106 [23JN]

Contracts: prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, H6703-H6705 [20JY]

Dearden, Dennis: Gang Resistance Education and Training Program National Principal of the Year award recipient, E51 [1FE]

Dept. of Justice: allegation of cover-ups relative to handling of Ruby Ridge, ID, incident and the Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H3056 [16MY], H7936 [21SE]

———conduct independent investigation into the death of Carl Ghigliotti relative to the FBI standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H2661 [9MY], H2974 [15MY]

———FBI investigation of use of pyrotechnic devices during standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H518 [29FE]

———independent investigation of use of semiautomatic weapons during standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H1962 [10AP]

Firearms: enhance enforcement and increase prosecutions relative to current laws and regulations, H1158-H1161 [21MR], H1681 [4AP]

———notify State and local law enforcement agencies and the BATF when an instant criminal background check determines a person is ineligible for a handgun, H4995 [22JN]

———proposal to hire new agents relative to gun laws, H363 [14FE]

Remarks in Senate

Contracts: prohibit procurement preference to firearms manufacturers that enter into agreements with the Federal Government, S7596 [26JY]

Firearms: enhance enforcement and increase prosecutions relative to current laws and regulations, S3993, S3999 [16MY], S4037-S4041, S4043, S4044, S4047-S4051, S4057, S4060-S4062 [17MY]

———gun laws enforcement initiative funding, S2403-S2406 [7AP]

———mandatory registration of handguns (S. 2099), S812 [24FE]

Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program: funding, S7484 [24JY]

Law enforcement: establish national integrated ballistics information network, S7615 [26JY]

Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative: expand, S7614 [26JY]

Reports filed

Tragedy at Waco—New Evidence Examined: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 106-1037), H12534 [2JA]

Statements

Gun Control: Alan Keyes, H363 [14FE]