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  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (officially "ATF," less frequently "BATF" or "BATFE") is a federal agency; more specifically a specialized law enforcement and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice.
The agency's name was officially changed to the "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives" in recognition to the agency's role in explosives regulation and enforcement; however the Bureau retained the use of its original acronym,"ATF," for all purposes.
Additionally, the collector of federal tax revenue derived from the production of tobacco and liquor products originally handled by ATF were transferred to the newly established Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which remained within the Treasury Department.
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 Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, shortened to Tax and Trade Bureau or TTB, is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury.
First, the Act established The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) under the Department of the Treasury.
The ATF was transferred to the Justice Department and was renamed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alcohol_and_Tobacco_Tax_and_Trade_Bureau   (670 words)

  
 Bureau Of Alcohol Tobacco And Firearms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) was renamed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and...
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) enforces federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives and arson.
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 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006
H. To modernize and reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
To modernize and reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
This Act may be cited as the `Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006'.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Department of the Treasury.
The Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20226.
A request for a refund must be submitted to the appropriate ATF officer at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Washington, DC 20226, prior to the beginning of any year for which a refund is claimed.
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 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Free net encyclopedia
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a Federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was renamed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and was moved into the Justice Department from the Treasury Department and is responsible for the law enforcement effort.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) remained within the Treasury Department and continues to operate most of the tax collection side.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/BATF   (364 words)

  
 ATF Profile - DC Job Source
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is a law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice.
--- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was renamed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE).
At the end of fiscal 2004, there were approximately 106,000 federal firearms licensees in the United States authorized to conduct commerce in firearms.
dcjobsource.com /atf.html   (304 words)

  
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Gets Guns & Drugs Off the Streets
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington, DC Field Division Special Agent in Charge John P. Malone and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Charles Ramsey announced that eighteen (18) suspects have been arrested over the last two days for Federal firearms and drug charges.
The arrest and search warrants are a result of an 18-month ATF and MPD undercover investigation into firearms trafficking and violent crime in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland.
Over 30 firearms and approximately 1,500 grams of crack cocaine and over 200 grams of powdered cocaine were purchased during the undercover operation.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-12-2004/0002109043&EDATE=   (341 words)

  
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives :: ATF to Provide Explosives Expertise to Military in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ATF was the agency that discovered the critical piece of evidence in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and was instrumental in the investigation of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
CEXC's role is to provide immediate, in-theater technical and operational analysis of the improvised explosives devices (IEDs) that insurgents have used to such effect against multinational forces, and develop measures to counter the insurgent bombing campaign.
ATF special agents who are also certified explosives specialists have been deployed to Iraq since 2003, offering explosives training to the Iraqi Police Service; assisting the Regime Crimes Liaison Office, a multi-agency task force preparing the war crimes tribunals against leaders of the ousted Sadaam Hussein regime; and as handlers of explosives detection canine teams.
sev.prnewswire.com /high-tech-security/20050317/CLW03716032005-1.html   (581 words)

  
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives :: ATF Providing Explosives Training to Colombians
A five-man team of ATF special agents certified as explosives specialists, an explosives training specialist/hazardous devices technician, and a forensic chemist are teaching the May 30 - June 10 course, funded by the Department of Justice's (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program.
When a firearm sold by the dealer is recovered, or explosives manufactured in Colombia are recovered, ATF has established a protocol whereby investigators can do their own "in house" tracing or investigations.
In the area of explosives assistance, ATF has trained and helped establish 76 Colombian investigative bomb squads since 2002, provided equipment such as robots and radio frequency jammers, and is working with the Colombian Ministry of Defense to design an explosives inspection model based on ATF's regulatory mission.
sev.prnewswire.com /education/20050602/CLTH07002062005-1.html   (557 words)

  
 US CODE: Title 6,531. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
There shall be retained within the Department of the Treasury the authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms relating to the administration and enforcement of chapters 51 and 52 of title 26, sections 4181 and 4182 of title 26, and title 27.
The Tax and Trade Bureau shall be headed by an Administrator, who shall perform such duties as assigned by the Under Secretary for Enforcement of the Department of the Treasury.
The authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that are not transferred to the Department of Justice under this section shall be retained and administered by the Tax and Trade Bureau.
www4.law.cornell.edu /uscode/html/uscode06/usc_sec_06_00000531----000-.html   (451 words)

  
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 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 NSSF -- SUPPORT H.R. 5092 -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act ...
It requires fines to be based upon the nature and severity of the violation, the size of the firearms business involved, and the prior record of the firearm's licensee.
This bill is intended to address what some have characterized as inconsistencies in the application of firearm laws towards federally licensed dealers.
I am writing to urge your co-sponsorship of H. 5092, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006.
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 ATF Online
ATF recognizes the role that firearms play in violent crimes and pursues an integrated regulatory and enforcement strategy.
To curb the illegal use of firearms and enforce the Federal firearms laws, ATF issues firearms licenses and conducts firearms licensee qualification and compliance inspections.
Compliance inspections target licensees likely to divert firearms from legitimate trade to criminal use and dealers with a history of poor compliance.
www.atf.treas.gov /firearms   (268 words)

  
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In the course of the conspiracy, the five conspirators spent over $50,000 on firearms at licensed gun dealers in Phoenix, Chandler, Glendale, Sierra Vista and Douglas, Ariz. Among the firearms purchased were semi-automatic AK-47 style rifles and.50 caliber handguns.
At the time of the undercover sale on February 4, 2004, in Phoenix, the three co-conspirators were all armed with, or had immediate access to, loaded firearms Drabos had purchased the day before in Glendale.
The investigation leading to the guilty verdict was conducted by the Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from U.S. Border Patrol, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Phoenix and Douglas Police Departments.
www.douglasdispatch.com /articles/2005/02/04/news/news7.txt   (288 words)

  
 VPC - Press Release - (11/17/2003) - U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ...
U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Dismisses Terror Threat of Pistol Disguised as Pen
Washington, DC—The U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is continuing to place the general public at risk by refusing to use its regulatory powers to restrict the availability of a handgun disguised as a pen, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) charged today.
Under federal law "Gadget-type firearms and `pen' guns which fire fixed ammunition" are classified as an "Any Other Weapon" (AOW) under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and come under the NFA's strict licensing and registration regimen.
www.vpc.org /press/0311pengun.htm   (415 words)

  
 VPC - Press Release - (10/28/2003) - Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Allows ...
Washington, DC—The U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is allowing the sale to the general public of a small-caliber handgun disguised as a pen—despite the clear public safety threat such "pen guns" represent—the Violence Policy Center (VPC) warned today.
Manufactured by Stinger Manufacturing Corporation in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, the Stinger Pengun is a single-shot pistol disguised as a pen.
The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury.
www.vpc.org /press/0310pengun.htm   (542 words)

  
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms News - Inbox Robot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Douglas County Sheriffs Department, the state fire marshals office and federal agents from the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Robert Browning, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Because the gun uses a primer to propel the pellet, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is classifying it as a firearm, according to a letter in response to McAninch.
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 ATF Online - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Three career criminals convicted for their roles in an attempted robbery, violations of the Hobbs Act and a narcotics conspiracy were sentenced to life in prison today, 14 months after they were arrested by special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and members of the HIDTA STOP Task Force.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and deputies from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Department announced today that they arrested Mark Sherman, a British citizen living in this rural northern California community, for violations of federal firearms and explosives laws.
Andre Wilkins, age 33, of Baltimore, was sentenced today to 241 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit witness tampering and use of fire and explosives to commit a felony, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
www.atf.gov   (519 words)

  
 DOJ/OIG Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Review of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Implementation of the Safe Explosives Act, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2005-005, March 2005
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' and Federal Bureau of Investigation's Arson and Explosives Intelligence Databases, Audit Report 05-01, October 2004
Inspections of Firearms Dealers by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2004-005, July 2004
www.usdoj.gov /oig/reports/ATF/index.htm   (256 words)

  
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives :: ATF, NTEU Reach Agreement on Teleworking
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives :: ATF, NTEU Reach Agreement on Teleworking
They will still be required to go to the office for meetings, planning sessions, training or other matters as necessary.
"ATF views this agreement as a win-win for its employees and the bureau," said ATF Deputy Director Edgar Domenech.
sev.prnewswire.com /computer-electronics/20060512/CLF07112052006-1.html   (181 words)

  
 Gun Law News - H.R.5092 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act
Thus, a violation of a known legal obligation would require ATF to establish that the licensee was aware of the obligation and intentionally or purposely violated such obligation.
A focused mission statement for ATF is necessary to ensure that ATF continues to concentrate on violations of these statutes and regulations, and avoids expending resources on tangentially related functions, such as drug trafficking, or other federal violations within the expertise of other law enforcement agencies.
This section amends section 923 of title 18 to provide a purchaser of a firearms business with an opportunity to cure any violations, and limits ATF’s ability to impose penalties for violations that may have existed prior to a transferee assuming control of the business.
www.gunlawnews.org /House-Bills/hr5092.html   (2091 words)

  
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives information and related industry information from Hoover's
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives information and related industry information from Hoover's
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) enforces federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol and tobacco diversion, firearms, explosives, and arson.
In 2003 the Bureau was split along functional lines; tax collection operations remained within the Treasury Department under the TTB while the law enforcement duties shifted to Department of Justice under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (still known as the ATF).
www.hoovers.com /atf/--ID__150440--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (333 words)

  
 FON Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is a law enforcement agency within the Department of Justice.
The Bureau, formerly known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, was initially established by Department of Treasury Order No. 221, effective July 1, 1972, which transferred the functions, powers, and duties arising under laws relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives from the Internal Revenue Service to the Bureau.
It enforces the Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol and tobacco diversion, firearms, explosives, and arson by working directly and in cooperation with others to accomplish the following:
www.freqofnature.com /frequencies/usgov/doj/atf.html   (231 words)

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