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Abolish the ATF Act
This bill abolishes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
People & committees
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] · R–CO
Legislative record
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Abolish the ATF Act would eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, commonly called ATF. This is a proposed change, not evidence that the bureau has been abolished.
This Act may be cited as the Abolish the ATF Act.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hereby abolished.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated November 20, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 3, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-11-20T09:06:37Z. 2025-01-03: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-01-03: Introduced in House
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