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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4905 

To restore the ability of law enforcement authorities to enforce gun safety 

laws, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 12, 2016 

Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 

GUTIE ́RREZ, and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To restore the ability of law enforcement authorities to 

enforce gun safety laws, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ATF Enforcement 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SENATE CONFIRMATION RE2 QUIREMENT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE 

3 DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO4 BACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES. 

5 Section 599A(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘President, by and with the advice 

7 and consent of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen8 eral,’’. 

9 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATIONS RELATING TO FIRE10 ARMS TRACE DATA. 

11 (a) TIAHRT AMENDMENTS.— 

12 (1) The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of 

13 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala14 ries and Expenses’’ in title I of division B of the 

15 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria16 tions Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 

17 112–55; 125 Stat. 609–610) is amended by striking 

18 the 6th proviso. 

19 (2) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 

20 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala21 ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 

22 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (18 U.S.C. 

23 923 note; Public Law 111–117; 123 Stat. 3128– 

24 3129) is amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal 

25 year 2010 and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal 

26 year 2010’’. 


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1 (3) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 

2 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala3 ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 

4 Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (18 U.S.C. 923 

5 note; Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 574–576) is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2009 

7 and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal year 2009’’. 

8 (4) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 

9 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala10 ries and Expenses’’ in title II of division B of the 

11 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (18 U.S.C. 

12 923 note; Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1903– 

13 1904) is amended by striking ‘‘beginning in fiscal 

14 year 2008 and thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal 

15 year 2008’’. 

16 (5) The 6th proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 

17 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Sala18 ries and Expenses’’ in title I of the Science, State, 

19 Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appro20 priations Act, 2006 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public 

21 Law 109–108; 119 Stat. 2295–2296) is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘with respect to any fiscal year’’. 

23 (6) The 6th proviso under the heading in title 

24 I of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations 

25 Act, 2005 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 108– 


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1 447; 118 Stat. 2859–2860) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘with respect to any fiscal year’’. 

3 (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FIREARMS TRACE

4 DATA TO DRAW BROAD CONCLUSIONS ABOUT FIREARMS5 RELATED CRIME.— 

6 (1) Section 514 of division B of the Consoli7 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

8 2013 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 113–6; 127 

9 Stat. 271–272) is repealed. 

10 (2) Section 516 of the Consolidated and Fur11 ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

12 Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 633) is repealed. 

13 SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON CONSOLIDA14 TION OR CENTRALIZATION IN THE DEPART15 MENT OF JUSTICE OF FIREARMS ACQUISI16 TION AND DISPOSITION RECORDS MAIN17 TAINED BY FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEES. 

18 The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, 

19 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Ex20 penses’’ in title I of division B of the Consolidated and 

21 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 

22 923 note; Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 609–610) is 

23 amended by striking the 1st proviso. 


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1 SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF 

2 REQUIREMENT THAT FIREARMS DEALERS 

3 CONDUCT PHYSICAL CHECK OF FIREARMS 

4 INVENTORY. 

5 The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, 

6 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Ex7 penses’’ in title II of division B of the Consolidated and 

8 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (18 U.S.C. 

9 923 note; Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 248) is amended 

10 by striking the 5th proviso. 

11 SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT THAT INSTANT 

12 CHECK RECORDS BE DESTROYED WITHIN 24 

13 HOURS. 

14 Section 511 of the Consolidated and Further Con15 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 922 note; 

16 Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 632) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all that follows 

18 through ‘‘(1)’’; and 

19 (2) by striking the semicolon and all that fol20 lows and inserting a period. 


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1 SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON PROCESSING OF 

2 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS 

3 ABOUT ARSON OR EXPLOSIVES INCIDENTS 

4 OR FIREARM TRACES. 

5 Section 644 of division J of the Consolidated Appro6 priations Resolution, 2003 (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public 

7 Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 473–474) is repealed. 

8 SEC. 8. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO ‘‘CU9 RIOS OR RELICS’’ AND IMPORTATION OF SUR10 PLUS MILITARY FIREARMS. 

11 (a) Section 518 of division B of the Consolidated Ap12 propriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) is repealed. 

13 (b) The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alco14 hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Ex15 penses’’ in title II of division B of the Consolidated and 

16 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (18 U.S.C. 

17 921 note; Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 248) is amended 

18 by striking the 1st proviso. 

19 (c) Section 519 of division B of the Consolidated and 

20 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 

21 Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 274) is repealed. 

22 SEC. 9. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF FED23 ERAL FIREARMS LICENSE DUE TO LACK OF 

24 BUSINESS ACTIVITY. 

25 The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, 

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1 penses’’ in title II of division B of the Consolidated and 

2 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (18 U.S.C. 

3 923 note; Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 248) is amended 

4 by striking the 6th proviso. 

5 SEC. 10. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON THE TRANSFER 

6 OF THE FUNCTIONS, MISSIONS, OR ACTIVI7 TIES OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TO8 BACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES TO 

9 OTHER AGENCIES OR DEPARTMENTS. 

10 The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, 

11 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Ex12 penses’’ in title II of division B of the Consolidated Appro13 priations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) is amended by 

14 striking the 3rd proviso. 

15 SEC. 11. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON SEARCH COM16 PUTERIZED RECORDS OF FEDERALLY LI17 CENSED FIREARMS DEALERS WHO ARE OUT 

18 OF BUSINESS. 

19 The matter under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, 

20 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and Ex21 penses’’ in title II of division B of the Consolidated and 

22 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 U.S.C. 

23 923 note; Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 610) is amended 

24 by striking the 7th proviso. 


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1 SEC. 12. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON DENYING, OR 

2 FAILING TO ACT ON, APPLICATION TO IM3 PORT CERTAIN SHOTGUN MODELS ON THE 

4 BASIS THAT THE SHOTGUN WAS NOT PAR5 TICULARLY SUITABLE FOR OR READILY 

6 ADAPTABLE TO SPORTING PURPOSES. 

7 Section 532 of division B of the Consolidated Appro8 priations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) is repealed. 

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