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CONGRESS 1

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ESSION

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To eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, remove firearm restrictions on lawful gun owners, and provide funds to surviving families of border patrol agents killed as a result of Oper-ation Fast and Furious.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mrs. G

REENE

of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

To eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, remove firearm restrictions on lawful gun owners, and provide funds to surviving families of border patrol agents killed as a result of Operation Fast and Furious.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Brian A. Terry Memo-

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rial Eliminate the ATF Act’’.

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TITLE I—ABOLISHMENT OF THE

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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO-

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BACCO, FIREARMS, AND EX-

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PLOSIVES

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SEC. 101. PREPARATORY PROVISIONS.

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(a) R

ESCISSION OF

R

ECENT

R

EGULATIONS

.—All reg-

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ulations and guidance issued by the Bureau of Alcohol,

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Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (in this title referred

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to as the ‘‘Bureau’’) during the period that begins with

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August 1, 2020, and ends with the date of the enactment

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of this title are hereby null and void and shall have no

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force or effect.

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(b) R

ESCISSION OF

H

IRING

A

UTHORITY

.—The au-

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thority of any officer or employee of the Bureau to hire

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is hereby rescinded.

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(c) N

OTICE TO

B

UREAU

E

MPLOYEES

.—On the date

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of the enactment of this title, the President shall provide

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each employee of the Bureau with written notice that, on

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the abolishment date—

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(1) the Bureau will be abolished; and

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(2) if the employee is a Bureau employee as of

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that date, the employment of the employee with the

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Bureau will be terminated.

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(d) D

ISPOSITION OF

C

ONFISCATED

F

IREARMS AND

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A

MMUNITION

P

OSSESSED BY THE

B

UREAU

.—

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(1) P

UBLICATION OF LIST

.—Within 3 months

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after the date of the enactment of this title, the Di-

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rector of the Bureau shall publish an itemized list on

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the website of the Bureau, which shall be available

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to the public, of all confiscated firearms and ammu-

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nition possessed by the Bureau.

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(2) S

ALE BY AUCTION

.—Before the abolishment

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date, the Director of the Bureau shall sell the fire-

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arms and ammunition referred to in paragraph (1)

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to licensed dealers (as defined in section 921(a) of

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title 18, United States Code) at public auction.

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SEC. 102. ABOLISHMENT.

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(a) I

N

G

ENERAL

.—Effective on the abolishment date,

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the Bureau is abolished.

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(b) D

EFINITIONS

.—In this title:

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(1) A

BOLISHMENT DATE

.—The term ‘‘abolish-

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ment date’’ means the date that is 180 days after

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the date of the enactment of this title.

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(2) F

UNCTION

.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes

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any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,

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right, privilege, activity, or program.

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