1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov November 22, 2019Firearms-Related Appropriations RidersCongresss spending power gives it substantial control over the activities of executive branch agencies. For instance, through appropriations riders, Congress can direct agencies to engage, or to refrain from engag
2、ing, in particular activities in order to receive appropriated funds. Over the years, Congress has inserted several firearms-related riders into appropriations bills. Perhaps the most well-known riders are the Dickey and Tiahrt Amendments, in reference to the Members of Congress who first advanced t
3、hem. Still in force today, these riders restrict agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from engaging in certain activities related to federal firearms regulation. The Dickey Amendment For FY1997, Congress considered various ways of rest
4、ricting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from certain firearms-related activities. A precursor bill to the eventual omnibus appropriations act proposed reducing the CDCs budget by $2.6 millionthe same amount the CDC reportedly spent on gun violence research in the previous fiscal
