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http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/wa...botched-operations-b99352690z1-275464651.html
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Sept 17, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - A bill that would eliminate the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and fold its duties into the FBI and other agencies was introduced Wednesday in Congress.
The bill, by U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), would impose an immediate hiring freeze at the ATF and require that a plan be submitted within six months on how to move its activities to other agencies.
The bill calls for eliminating the agency a year after the bill's final passage, moving its functions into the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Treasury Department.
In a statement, Sensenbrenner called ATF "a duplicative, scandal-ridden agency that lacks a clear mission."
"We can do the same job more efficiently for less," he said. "At a time when we are approaching $18 trillion in debt, we need to demand accountability within our federal agencies and to take a closer look at cutting waste and redundancy."
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