Here's some proposed legislation that cuts out a
lot of ATF activities that infringe on the Second Amendment:
BREAKING
@HouseAppropsGOP
release proposed Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill text.
ATF-DEA Merger REJECTED
25% ATF Budget CUT
Fast NFA Processing PROTECTED
ATF's Illegal Gun Registry DELETED
Frame & Receiver Rule DEFUNDED
Pistol Brace Rule DEFUNDED
Engaged in the Business Rule DEFUNDED
"Red Flag" Laws DEFUNDED
Biden Export Restrictions DEFUNDED
& MORE
GOA worked with Republicans to help draft, request, & secure these pro-2A policy riders in the base CJS bill text.
Now its time for @HouseGOP to DELIVER.
Actual legislation:
https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-appropriations.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/fy26-commerce,-justice,-science,-and-related-agencies-bill-text.pdf
Sec. 525. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, Virginia, to another location.
SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition.
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final rule entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 24652 (April 26, 2022)).
SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 14092, ‘‘Reducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities Safer.’’
SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out any regulation issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued or finalized on or after January 21, 2021.
SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives final rule entitled ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’ ’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6478 (January 31, 2023))
SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to create, operate, or maintain a Federal firearms registry.
SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to facilitate, advise, promote, or otherwise support any civil actions to which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is not a named party against any licensee or other person purported to be subject to the regulation and oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Sec. 568. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire14 arms and Explosives (ATF) Demand 2 program unless the ATF modifies the Demand 2 reporting thresholds such that the threshold criteria of the Demand 2 program is 25 traces or 2.5 percent of traces relative to a licensee’s average number of firearm sales as reported on the most recent Federal firearm license renewal application, whichever is greater, and ATF certifies to the Federal firearm licensee that every trace counted is directly related to/involved in an open/bona fide criminal investigation, and the ‘Time-to-Crime’ is 3 years or less.
SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to—
(1) classify, tax, or register any firearm with an attached ‘‘stabilizing brace’’ or other similar brace or rearward attachment, notwithstanding any ex4 tended additional contact surface rearward or use outside of its original design or use as a buttstock or use to enable shoulder fire, as a ‘‘rifle’’, ‘‘short barreled rifle’’, or ‘‘short-barreled shotgun’’ under the Gun Control Act of 1968, the National Firearms Act of 1934, or any other such act of Congress; or
(2) direct any other law enforcement or regulatory entity to conduct any of the activities de12 scribed in paragraph (1) on the ATF’s behalf.
SEC. 588. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the interim final rule entitled ‘‘Revision of Firearms License Requirements’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 34680 (April 30, 2024)) or any successor rule.
SEC. 591. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out or defend any part of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives final rule entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 28968 (April 19, 2024)).
SEC. 592. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce ATF Order 5370.1E regarding Federal Firearms Administrative Action Policy and Procedures, or any subsequent or other policy, order, or procedure that does not require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to, in all but the most extraordinary circumstances, refrain from revoking or suspending a Federal firearms license for initial violations without at least first issuing a warning letter, working with cooperative licensees to rectify violations in a reasonable time frame, and holding a final warning conference.
SEC. 609. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the Out of Business Records Imaging System Database maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
