(5) on January 16, 2008, ATF announced that
12 it will add 25 special agents and 15 inspectors to
13 their Project Gunrunner along the Southwest Bor
14 der. And, the ATF budget request for fiscal year
15 2009 includes funding for another 12 inspectors;
16 and
17 (6) an effective strategy to combat these illegal
18 arms flows is a critical part of a United States con
19 tribution to a jointly executed anti-narcotics strategy
20 with Mexico.
(b) PROJECT GUNRUNNER INITIATIVE.—
22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
23 dedicate and expand the resources provided for the
24 Project Gunrunner initiative (hereafter in this sub
25 section referred to as the ‘‘initiative’’) of the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to
2 identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals in
3 volved in the trafficking of firearms across the
4 United States-Mexico border.
5 (2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this sub
6 section, the Attorney General shall—
7 (A) assign additional agents of the Bureau
8 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
9 to the area of the United States adjacent to the
10 United States-Mexico border to support the ex
11 pansion of the initiative;
12 (B) establish not fewer than 1 initiative
13 team in each State along the United States-
14 Mexico border; and
15 (C) coordinate with the heads of other rel
16 evant Federal law enforcement agencies and
17 State and local law enforcement agencies to ad
18 dress firearms trafficking in a comprehensive
19 manner.