1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ATF Elimination Act . 2. Elimination of hiring authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives The hiring authority of the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is rescinded. 3. Transfer plan (a) In general Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration shall jointly develop and submit to the Congress a plan for winding up the affairs of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives pursuant to this Act. The plan shall, to the maximum extent practicable, without compromising core functions, eliminate and reduce duplicative, unnecessary functions or waste. (b) FBI report to GSA on excess property To be transferred to the FBI Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall transmit to the Administrator of the General Services Administration a report that specifies the property to be transferred to the Bureau pursuant to this Act that the Director has determined will not be needed by the Bureau. 4. Abolition of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is abolished. 5. Transfer of functions relating to the Federal firearms, explosives, and arson laws, and to violent crime and domestic terrorism, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (a) In general The functions relating to the investigation and enforcement of criminal and regulatory violations of the Federal firearms, explosives, and arson laws, and the investigation of violent crime and domestic terrorism, which on the effective date of this Act, were performed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, are hereby transferred to the Attorney General. (b) Delegation of functions The Attorney General shall