Fast and Furious

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Originally Posted by classicman

H.R.1 (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act)
Operation Gunrunner is specifically named for funding in this final version.
Sponsor:
David R, Obey (D)
Co-sponsors:
Barney Frank (D)
Bart Gordon (D)
James L. Oberstar (D)
Charles B. Rangel (D)
John M. Spratt Jr. (D)
Edolphus Towns (D)
Nydia M. Valzquez (D)
Henry A. Waxman (D)

Project (Operation) Gunrunner was initiated in 2006. Additional funding was provided through the ARRA in 2009.

Gun trafficking to Mexico is a nationwide problem with consequences on both sides of the border. In response, ATF implemented Project Gunrunner in 2006 as a comprehensive strategy to reduce firearms and explosives related violent crime associated with Mexican criminal organizations operating in the U.S. and Mexico by preventing these organizations from unlawfully acquiring and trafficking firearms and explosives....

...Since its inception in 2006, and through Fiscal Year 2010, ATF’s Project Gunrunner has recommended over 1,100 criminal cases and in excess of 2,500 defendants for prosecution. To date, Project Gunrunner investigations have resulted in the seizure of over 10,000 firearms and nearly one million rounds of ammunition destined for Mexico.

...$10 million in ARRA funding is hiring 37 ATF employees to open, staff (via new hire and relocation of senior personnel,) equip, and operate new Project Gunrunner criminal enforcement teams in McAllen, TX; El Centro, CA; and Las Cruces, NM (which includes a subordinate satellite office in Roswell, NM.). Additionally, these funds support the assignment of two special agents to each of the U.S. consulates in Juarez and Tijuana, Mexico to provide direct support to Mexican officials on firearms-trafficking-related issues.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/programs/project-gunrunner/

Operation Gunrunner is not the same initiative as Operation Fast and Furious.