BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES
Bills and resolutions
Explosives: impose restrictions on sale of binary explosives (see H.R. 4064), H8031 [12OC]
Firearms: establish a national standard for incorporating a passive identification ability into all firearms sold in the U.S. (see H.R. 3986), H7887 [5OC]
——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 1612), H2183 [17MR]
——— make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 1047), H1183 [14FE]
——— prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 2097), H2804 [14AP]
——— prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see S. 1592), S4115 [20JY]
——— reduce gun violence, fund gun violence research and victim assistance, and enhance tracking of lost and stolen firearms (see H.R. 3987), H7887 [5OC]
——— regulate bump stocks and functionally equivalent devices that substantially increase the rate of fire of a firearm in the same way it regulates machine guns and suppressors (see H.R. 4168), H8293 [31OC]
——— restrict sale of armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 4721), H10419 [21DE]
——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2620), H4567 [24MY]
Law enforcement: abolish and transfer functions relative to firearms, explosives, arson, violent crime, and terrorism to the FBI and transfer functions relative to alcohol and tobacco smuggling to the DEA (see H.R. 509), H471 [12JA]
Law enforcement officers: hire additional agents and investigators to enforce gun laws (see H.R. 62), H39 [3JA]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see S. 1435), S3765 [26JN] (see H.R. 3054), H5178 [26JN]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1662), S4426 [27JY] (see H.R. 3267), H5919 [17JY]
Remarks in House
Dept. of Justice: request to unseal records relative to investigation of operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H5127 [23JN]
Firearms: processing of applications to allow felons the ability to own firearms funding, H7260, H7261 [12SE]
——— prohibit funding to reclassify M855 ammunition as armor piercing, H7267, H7268 [12SE]
Law enforcement: role in 1993 siege and standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, TX, H9936 [14DE]
Law enforcement officers: hire additional agents and investigators to enforce gun laws (H.R. 62), H602 [23JA]
——— tribute to Maryland and Delaware officers and ATF officers for response to Edgewood, MD, and Wilmington, DE, shootings and express condolences and support for victims and their families, E1440 [26OC]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, H3294, H3295 [3MY], H6649, H6652 [5SE], H6837, H6838, H6839, H6845, H7085, H7086 [6SE], H7254–H7275 [12SE], E1212 [13SE]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3267), E1240 [18SE]
Texas: tribute to Federal law enforcement officers for solving murder of Harris County, TX, Precinct 3 Constable, Assistant Chief Deputy Clinton Greenwood, E540 [26AP], E775 [7JN]
Reports filed
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3267) (H. Rept. 115–231), H5919 [17JY]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1655) (S. Rept. 115–138), S4421 [27JY]