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. 72), H30 [3JA]

Explosives: strengthen enforcement of background checks relative to the use of explosive materials (see S. 792), S2897 [23AP] (see H.R. 2836), H5088 [25JY]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see S. 22), S42 [22JA] (see H.R. 141), H32 [3JA]

——— establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see S. 1337), S5839 [23JY]

——— make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 339), H222 [22JA]

——— repeal certain appropriations riders that limit ability to administer Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 1728), H2349 [25AP]

——— restore certain authorities to administer firearms laws (see H.R. 431), H293 [25JA]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico (see H. Res. 35), H177 [18JA]

——— impeach (see H. Res. 411), H7110 [14NO]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 449), H315 [1FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1329), S5800 [18JY] (see H.R. 2787), H4978 [23JY]

Cloture motions

Jones, B. Todd: nomination to be ATF Director, S5994 [29JY], S6099 [31JY]

Remarks in House

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): hold bipartisan public hearings with testimony from persons having knowledge relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H3238 [6JN]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows, H1933 [11AP], H2259 [24AP], H2312 [25AP]

——— establish universal background check procedures for gun sales, H698 [27FE], H1853 [9AP], H2337 [25AP]

Freedom of speech: blocking of publication of book relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H6348 [8OC]

Holder, Attorney General: call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H2943 [23MY], H3296 [12JN]

——— express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H2944 [23MY], H4504 [16JY], H4983 [24JY], H5054 [25JY], H5184 [31JY]

Jones, B. Todd: confirmation as ATF Director, E1224 [2AU]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, H5778 [20SE]

Remarks in Senate

District of Columbia: dedication of Ariel Rios Reflecting Pool, S6324 [10SE]

Firearms: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (S. 1337), S5962 [25JY]

——— establish universal background check procedures for gun sales, S8451 [21NO]

Jones, B. Todd: nomination to be ATF Director, S4448, S4472 [13JN], S4545 [18JN], S5658 [11JY], S5994, S5996, S6001–S6003 [29JY], S6095–S6100 [31JY]

——— nomination to be ATF Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S5994 [29JY], S6089 [31JY]

——— suitability to be ATF Director relative to allegations of retaliation against whistleblower in U.S. Attorney’s Office, S4448 [13JN], S6001–S6003 [29JY], S6095–S6099 [31JY]

Reports filed

Nomination of B. Todd Jones To Be ATF Director: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5667 [11JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2787) (H. Rept. 113–171), H4978 [23JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1329) (S. Rept. 113–78), S5799 [18JY]

Texts of

S. 1337, Crime Gun Tracing Act, S5842 [23JY]