From: [b--dw--l] at [netcom.com] (James Bardwell Esq)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: New Restrictions on ATF for FY 95 96
Date: 5 Jan 1996 17:30:51 -0500

I though this snippet from the recently passed Treasury Dept
appropriation bill might interest folks...

James


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2020

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT



 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States
  Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain
 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
                        and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President,
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

                         salaries and expenses

.... Provided further, That no funds
appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or administrative
expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, within the
Department of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of
acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms
licensees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be
used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer
or employee of the United States to implement an amendment or
amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of ``Curios or
relics'' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication
5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994 without publishing prior
notice in the Federal Register and allowing for public comment:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from
Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further,
That such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon
applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms
disabilities under 18 U.S.C. section 925(c).