Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
We believe the answer is to reduce funding and severely limit the scope of operations of the ATF rather than abolishing and duties transferring to a potentially worse agency.
Title: Abolish the ATF Act
Subject: Government operations and politics
Description: To abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Session: 119th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2025
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/129/all-info
Companion Bill: HB221
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2 sponsors: Lauren Boebert (R); Diana Harshbarger (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 3 2025 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 3 2025 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 30 2025 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill