BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES

Bills and resolutions

Crime: deploy Border Patrol agents and increase number of DEA and ATF agents along U.S. border to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by drug traffickers (see H.R. 77), H35 [5JA]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 35), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 591), H599 [9FE]

———make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 126), H37 [5JA]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H8727 [12DE]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see S. 835), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 1093), H1841 [15MR]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see S. 798), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 420), H469 [25JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1572), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2596), H5284 [20JY]

Conference reports

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112), H7433-H7576 [14NO]

Letters

Nomination of James M. Cole to be Deputy Attorney General: Senators Grassley and Chambliss, S2767 [9MY]

Whistleblower allegations relative to Dept. of Justice operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms: Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2475 [14AP]

Memorandums

Congressional Investigation Regarding Whistleblower Allegations Relative to Operations Transferring Firearms to Drug Cartels Where U.S. Law Enforcement Personnel Do Not Monitor Such Firearms: Gary M. Styers, Dept. of Justice, S8572 [14DE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Justice: appoint special counsel to investigate whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H6677 [11OC], H7237 [2NO], H8265 [8DE], H8973 [15DE]

———whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H3163 [11MY], H5090 [15JY], H5167 [19JY], H6846 [12OC], H8345-H8347 [12DE]

Firearms: Executive order to require Southwest border States to report purchases of two or more of certain rifles during a certain time period, H5167 [19JY]

———prohibit funding to collect information from federally licensed firearms retailers relative to sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person, H1272, H1273 [18FE]

Holder, Attorney General: call for resignation due to contradictory testimony during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H8191 [7DE]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (H.R. 1093), H2330 [6AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, H7274, H7278 [3NO], H7734, H7736, H7770, H7777-H7781 [17NO], E2100, E2108 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate

Breuer, Lanny: call for resignation for allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S8390-S8392 [7DE]

Dept. of Justice: make permanent certain appropriations riders relating to firearms, S6805 [20OC]

———prohibit funding for operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S6634, S6635, S6648 [18OC]

———response to request for release of documents on whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S2765, S2770 [9MY], S4139 [28JN]

———whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S2474 [14AP], S6991-S6993 [1NO], S8110 [1DE], S8570-S8573 [14DE]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (S. 35), S4218 [29JN]

———Executive order to require Southwest border States to report purchases of two or more of certain rifles during a certain time period, S5240 [2AU]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC]

———making appropriations, S6573, S6580, S6581 [17OC], S6634, S6635, S6638-S6640, S6643-S6646, S6648, S6649 [18OC], S6730, S6735-S6738, S6740, S6744-S6756 [19OC], S6792-S6800, S6802, S6805, S6809, S6813-S6815, S6818, S6819, S6829, S6833-S6838, S6843, S6844, S6846, S6850, S6851 [20OC], S6899 [31OC], S6934-S6936, S6980, S6983 [1NO], S7678-S7681 [17NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2112, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 467) (H. Rept. 112-290), H7713 [16NO]

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2112) (H. Rept. 112-284), H7577 [14NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2596) (H. Rept. 112-169), H5284 [20JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1572) (S. Rept. 112-78), S5684 [15SE]

Tables

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112): conference report, H7747-H7769 [17NO]