[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16453]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

[Docket No. ATF 32N; ATF O 1120.8]


Delegation Order--Authority To Facilitate Implementation of the 
NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

    1. Purpose. This order delegates the authority to exercise the 
authorities and responsibilities committed to the Director of the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under the 
NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Public Law 110-180 (NIAA). 
This authority is to establish and enforce the criteria that applicable 
Federal departments and agencies and states use to create qualifying 
relief from firearms disabilities programs, to make decisions as to 
whether applicable Federal departments and agencies and states have 
properly implemented and certified relief from firearms disabilities 
programs under the NIAA, and to make any related determinations under 
the NIAA regarding such relief from firearms disabilities programs.
    2. Delegations. Under the authority vested in the Director, Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, by Title 28 U.S.C. 599A, 
28 CFR 0.130-0.133, and Attorney General Order Number 3072-2009, 
Delegation of Authority to the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to Facilitate Implementation of the 
NICS Improvement Amendments of 2007, I hereby delegate to the Assistant 
Director, Enforcement Programs and Services, the authority to exercise 
the authorities and responsibilities committed to the Director of ATF 
under the NIAA. This authority is to establish and enforce the criteria 
that applicable Federal departments and agencies and states use to 
create qualifying relief from firearms disabilities programs, to make 
decisions as to whether applicable Federal departments and agencies and 
states have properly implemented and certified relief from firearms 
disabilities programs under the NIAA, and to make any related 
determinations under the NIAA regarding such relief from firearms 
disabilities programs.
    3. Redelegation. The authority in this order may be redelegated to 
a position not lower than the Chief, Firearms Programs Division.
    4. Questions. Questions regarding this order should be addressed to 
the Chief, Firearms Programs Division at (202) 648-7090.

    Signed: June 22, 2009.
Kenneth Melson,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. E9-16453 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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