Rulemaking

May 2026

• Clarifying Special (Occupational) Tax Payments Per Business Activity (RIN 1140-AA76)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026
• Interstate Transport and Temporary Export of National Firearms Act Firearms (RIN 1140-AA89)
  05/08/2026
  Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
• Removing Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached “Stabilizing Braces” (RIN 1140-AA98)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Joint Registration for Spouses Under the National Firearms Act (RIN 1140-AB00)
  05/08/2026
  Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 07/07/2026
• Revising Non-Over-the-Counter Firearms Transaction Requirements (RIN 1140-AB05)
  05/08/2026
  Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
• Firearms Electronic Record-Keeping (RIN 1140-AA94)
  05/08/2026
  Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
• Defining “Willfully” for Firearms Violations (RIN 1140-AA88)
  05/08/2026
  Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
• Implementing PATRIOT Act Improvements: Contraband Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco (RIN 1140-AA31)
  05/08/2026
• Revising Definitions of “Adjudicated as a Mental Defective” and “Committed to a Mental Institution” (RIN 1140-AB04)
  05/08/2026
  Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
• Licensee “eZ Check” Verification for Transfers (RIN 1140-AA61)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 06/05/2026
• Clarifying Delivery to a Common or Contract Carrier When Transporting Firearms (RIN 1140-AA84)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Clarifying Interstate Transportation of Firearms Under the Gun Control Act (RIN 1140-AA73)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Allowing Makers to Adopt Certain Markings of National Firearms Act Firearms (RIN 1140-AA70)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026
• Definition of Business Premises (RIN 1140-AA69)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Transferring Machine Guns Between Qualified Licensees (RIN 1140-AA75)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026
• Clarifying Exceptions to the Brady Act Background Check Requirement (RIN 1140-AA85)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Firearms Transactions and Straw Purchases (RIN 1140-AA78)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Selecting Biological Sex on ATF Forms (RIN 1140-AA64)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Firearm Records Retention Periods (RIN 1140-AA95)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Revising Firearms Transaction Record, “Form 4473” (RIN 1140-AA82)
  05/08/2026
  Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
• Revising Regulations Defining “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms (RIN 1140-AB01)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
• Revising Machine Gun Definition in Response to Supreme Court Decision (1140-AA60)
  05/06/2026
• Conforming Change for Approving a Making Application (RIN 1140-AA79)
  05/06/2026
• Adding Component Definitions Under the Arms Export Control Act (RIN 1140-AA77)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026
• Export Control Reform-Conforming References to Department of Commerce (RIN 1140-AA66)
  05/06/2026
  Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 06/05/2026