<blockquote>The bill, by <a href="http://sensenbrenner.house.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner</a> (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, <a href="http://www.justice.gov/dea/index.shtml" target="_blank">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> and <a href="http://www.treasury.gov/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Treasury Department</a>.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/bill-eliminating-atf-introduced-in-wake-of-botched-operations-b99352690z1-275464651.html">Backfire | Watchdog Update - Bill eliminating ATF introduced in wake of botched operations</a>.