ders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be 
taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant 
to such orders, as if this Act had not been enacted, and 
orders issued in any such proceeding shall continue in ef-
fect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by 
a duly authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, or by operation of law. Nothing in this subsection 
shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance or modi-
fication of any such proceeding under the same terms and 
conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding 
could have been discontinued or modified if this Act had 
not been enacted. 
(c) SUITS.—The provisions of this Act shall not affect 
suits commenced before the effective date of this Act, and 
in all such suits, proceeding shall be had, appeals taken, 
and judgments rendered in the same manner and with the 
same effect as if this Act had not been enacted. 
(d) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, action, 
or other proceeding commenced by or against the head of 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
or by or against any individual in the official capacity of 
such individual as an officer of such bureau shall abate 
by reason of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) CONTINUANCE OF SUITS.—If, before the effective 
date of this Act, any agency or officer thereof in the offi-
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cial capacity of such officer, is party to a suit, and under 
this Act any function of such agency or officer is trans-
ferred to the Attorney General or any other official of the 
Department of Justice, then such suit shall be continued 
with the Attorney General or other appropriate official of 
the Department of Justice substituted or added as a 
party. 
SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE HOMELAND SECURITY 
ACT OF 2002.— 
(1) Section 1111(d) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 531(d)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Personnel Management Demonstra-
tion Project established under section 102 of title I 
of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 
2681–585) shall be transferred to the Secretary of 
the Treasury for continued use by the Tax and 
Trade Bureau.’’. 
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(2) Section 1114(a) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 
532(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Bureau’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE ENHANCED BORDER SE-
CURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM ACT OF 2002.—Sec-
tion 2(4) of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry 
Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1701(2)(4)) is amended 
by striking subparagraph (J) and redesignating subpara-
graphs (K) and (L) as subparagraphs (J) and (K), respec-
tively. 
(c) AMENDMENT TO THE FIREFIGHTERS’ SAFETY 
STUDY ACT.—Section 3(1) of the Firefighters’ Safety 
Study Act (15 U.S.C. 2223b(1)) is amended— 
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D) and inserting a comma; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (E). 
(d) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 18, UNITED 
STATES CODE.— 
(1) Section 846(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, together with the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-
sives,’’. 
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(2) Section 514(b) of division B of the Consoli-
dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2013 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 113–6; 127 
Stat. 271) is amended by striking ‘‘Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shall include 
in all such data releases’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
Bureau of Investigation shall include in all releases 
of data from firearm tracing studies’’. 
(3) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DIS-
CLOSURE OF FIREARMS TRACE DATA.— 
(A) The 6th proviso under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title I of 
division B of the Consolidated and Further 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (18 
U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 
609–610) is amended by striking ‘‘Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Federal 
Bureau of Investigation’’. 
(B) The 6th proviso under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title II of 
division B of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 
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111–117; 123 Stat. 3128–3129) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion’’. 
(C) The 6th proviso under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title II of 
division B of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 
2009 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 111–8; 
123 Stat. 574–576) is amended by striking 
‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation’’. 
(D) The 6th proviso under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title II of 
division B of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 
110–161; 121 Stat. 1903–1904) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion’’. 
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(E) The 6th proviso under the heading 
‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title I of 
the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (18 
U.S.C. 923 note; Public Law 109–108; 119 
Stat. 2295–2296) is amended by striking ‘‘Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-
sives’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation’’. 
(F) The 6th proviso under the heading in 
title I of division B of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (18 U.S.C. 923 note; Public 
Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2859–2860) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation’’. 
(4) Section 2343(c)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Bureau of Al-
cohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Drug Enforcement Administration’’. 
(5)(A) Section 3051 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
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(i) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Special Agents of the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-
sives’’ and inserting ‘‘certain investiga-
tors and officers of the Department of 
Justice’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) Spe-
cial agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives, as well as any other’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Any’’; and 
(iii) by striking subsection (b). 
(B) The item relating to section 3051 in the 
table of sections for chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘3051. Powers of certain investigators and officers of the Department of Jus-
tice.’’. 
(e) AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL 
POLICY
REAUTHORIZATION
ACT
OF
1998.—Section 
716(c)(1)(B) of the National Drug Control Policy Reau-
thorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1714(c)(1)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms, and Explosives,’’ and inserting ‘‘Admin-
istration’’. 
(f) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
CODE OF 1986.— 
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(1) Section 6103(i)(8)(A) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 6103(i)(8)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘making—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘(ii)’’. 
(2) Section 7801(a)(2)(A) of such Code (26 
U.S.C. 7801(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation’’. 
(g) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 28, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1) Section 530C(b)(2) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,’’ 
each place it appears. 
(2) Chapter 40A of such title (28 U.S.C. 599A– 
599B) is repealed. 
(3) Section 2006(2) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘, the Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice,’’. 
(h) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE
VIOLENCE
AGAINST 
WOMEN AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REAUTHORIZA-
TION ACT OF 2005.—Section 1107(a) of Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended by striking para-
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graph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (13) 
as paragraphs (2) through (12), respectively. 
(i) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1)(A) Section 713 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Service, Tax and Trade Bureau, and 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives’’ and inserting 
‘‘Service and Tax and Trade Bureau’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, and 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives, Department of Justice of the De-
partment of the Treasury’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in each of paragraphs (2) and (3), 
by striking ‘‘either’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; 
and 
(II) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, 
the Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of 
the Treasury, and the Director of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives, Department of Justice’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘and the Tax and Trade Bureau, 
Department of the Treasury’’. 
(B) The item relating to section 713 in the 
table of sections for chapter 7 of such title is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘713. Audit of Internal Revenue Service and Tax and Trade Bureau.’’. 
(2) Section 1344(b)(6) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives’’. 
(j) AMENDMENT TO THE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACT 
OF 1984.—Section 609N(2) of the Justice Assistance Act 
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10502(2)) is amended— 
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (L); and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (M) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (N) as subparagraph (M). 
(k) AMENDMENT TO THE VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL 
AND
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
ACT
OF
1994.—Section 
32401(a)(3)(B) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives, Department of Justice’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation’’. 
(l) AMENDMENT
TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Section 80304(d) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
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arms, and Explosives, Department of Justice’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Drug Enforcement Administration’’. 
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act (except sections 2 and 3) and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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