).
(2) Director.--There shall be at the head of the
Bureau a Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (in this subtitle referred to
as the ``Director''). The Director shall be appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate and shall perform such functions as the
Attorney General shall direct. The Director shall
receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law
under section 5314 of title V, United States Code, for
positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
(3) Coordination.--The Attorney General, acting
through the Director and such other officials of the
Department of Justice as the Attorney General may
designate, shall provide for the coordination of all
firearms, explosives, tobacco enforcement, and arson
enforcement functions vested in the Attorney General so
as to assure maximum cooperation between and among any
officer, employee, or agency of the Department of
Justice involved in the performance of these and
related functions.
(4) Performance of transferred functions.--The
Attorney General may make such provisions as the
Attorney General determines appropriate to authorize
the performance by any officer, employee, or agency of
the Department of Justice of any function transferred
to the Attorney General under this section.
(b) Responsibilities.--Subject to the direction of the
Attorney General, the Bureau shall be responsible for
investigating--
(1) criminal and regulatory violations of the
Federal firearms, explosives, arson, alcohol, and
tobacco smuggling laws;
(2) the functions transferred by subsection (c);
and
(3) any other function related to the investigation
of violent crime or domestic terrorism that is
delegated to the Bureau by the Attorney General.
(c) Transfer of Authorities, Functions, Personnel, and
Assets to the Department of Justice.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), but
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there are
transferred to the Department of Justice the
authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which shall be