Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jan 10, 2010 15:26:11 GMT -6
In researching Congressman Alan Grayson, I looked up a couple of the bills he voted for. One of those was HR 2847. One section of the bill, which I initially found in the Thomas summary, sounded real bad. According to the summary, it expanded the investigative authority of the ATF. At least, that's how it sounded from the Thomas CRS Summary.
The "Thomas" summary reads as follows for Title II, Sec. 207 (HR 2847)
(Note: Thomas likes to change the links frequently, so the link may ultimately change)
And Grayson voted "yea" on this bill. Well, that didn't sound too good to me. So I wanted to find out exactly what the legislation actually said. So I went to the GPO government site at:
frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2847rs.txt.pdf
After a lot of floundering around through this 200+ page bill, and searching the internet separately for the bill, I found the passage on page 62. It reads as follows:
Huh?? Just as clear as mud.
OK. Apparently this section "extends" Public Law 102-395 section 102(b) to the ATF. Given what the CRS summary says, it sounds (to me) like Public Law 102-395 section 102(b) gives the FBI and DEA some special investigative power. And now that power has also been given to the ATF.
So next I Googled "Public Law 102-395 section 102(b)".
And this is what I came up with:
www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/laws/pl102395.htm
How did the Thomas CRS summary come up with an "extension" of "authorities" from this?
This isn't an extension of any authority. It's an extension of a
reporting requirement. It's the extension of accountability requirements.
The publishing of this kind of crap in Thomas's CRS summary is not Government "transparency." It's obfuscation and misinformation.
Just how much of this is going on right now, with every bill that comes out of Congress?
No wonder there were so many different interpretations of the Health Insurance Company Welfare Bill (HR 3592).
The "Thomas" summary reads as follows for Title II, Sec. 207 (HR 2847)
(Note: Thomas likes to change the links frequently, so the link may ultimately change)
And Grayson voted "yea" on this bill. Well, that didn't sound too good to me. So I wanted to find out exactly what the legislation actually said. So I went to the GPO government site at:
frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2847rs.txt.pdf
After a lot of floundering around through this 200+ page bill, and searching the internet separately for the bill, I found the passage on page 62. It reads as follows:
Huh?? Just as clear as mud.
OK. Apparently this section "extends" Public Law 102-395 section 102(b) to the ATF. Given what the CRS summary says, it sounds (to me) like Public Law 102-395 section 102(b) gives the FBI and DEA some special investigative power. And now that power has also been given to the ATF.
So next I Googled "Public Law 102-395 section 102(b)".
And this is what I came up with:
www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/laws/pl102395.htm
How did the Thomas CRS summary come up with an "extension" of "authorities" from this?
This isn't an extension of any authority. It's an extension of a
reporting requirement. It's the extension of accountability requirements.
The publishing of this kind of crap in Thomas's CRS summary is not Government "transparency." It's obfuscation and misinformation.
Just how much of this is going on right now, with every bill that comes out of Congress?
No wonder there were so many different interpretations of the Health Insurance Company Welfare Bill (HR 3592).