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Rulemaking

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September, 2026

Explosives Magazine Safety Requirements (1140-AA67)
Release Date: 09/25/2026
Comment Period: 09/25/2026 to 11/24/2026
Revising Requirements and Exceptions for Storing Explosives (1140-AA86)
Release Date: 09/25/2026
Comment Period: 09/25/2026 to 11/24/2026
Implementing the Safe Explosives Act (1140-AA00 & 1140-AA20)
Release Date: 09/25/2026
Annual Notices on Explosive Materials Storage Facilities to Local Fire Authority (1140-AA51)
Release Date: 09/25/2026

July, 2026

Registering NFA Firearms That Fall Out of Government Contract (1140-AA80)
Release Date: 07/06/2026
Comment Period: 07/06/2026 to 09/04/2026
Fingerprint and Photograph Requirements for Firearms Applications
Release Date: 07/06/2026
Comment Period: 07/06/2026 to 10/05/2026
Licensee ‘‘eZ Check’’ Verification for Transfers; Withdrawing Direct Final Rule
Release Date: 07/06/2026

May, 2026

Interstate Transport and Temporary Export of National Firearms Act Firearms (RIN 1140-AA89)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Revising Definitions of “Adjudicated as a Mental Defective” and “Committed to a Mental Institution” (RIN 1140-AB04)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Revising Non-Over-the-Counter Firearms Transaction Requirements (RIN 1140-AB05)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Changes to National Firearms Act Tax Remittance Provisions (RIN 1140-AA83)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Defining “Willfully” for Firearms Violations (RIN 1140-AA88)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Joint Registration for Spouses Under the National Firearms Act (RIN 1140-AB00)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 07/07/2026
Firearms Electronic Record-Keeping (RIN 1140-AA94)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Implementing PATRIOT Act Improvements: Contraband Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco (RIN 1140-AA31)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Removing Youth Handgun Safety Act Notice (RIN 1140-AA87)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Firearm Activities in Foreign Trade Zones, Customs-Bonded Warehouses (RIN 1140-AA93)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Importing Dual-Use Frames, Receivers, or Barrels
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Converting Temporary to Permanent Imports for Defense Articles (RIN 1140-AA68)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Revising Firearms Transaction Record, “Form 4473” (RIN 1140-AA82)
Release Date: 05/08/2026
Comment Period: 05/08/2026 to 08/06/2026
Selecting Biological Sex on ATF Forms (RIN 1140-AA64)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
Transferring Machine Guns Between Qualified Licensees (RIN 1140-AA75)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026
Firearms Transactions and Straw Purchases (RIN 1140-AA78)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
Clarifying Exceptions to the Brady Act Background Check Requirement (RIN 1140-AA85)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
Adding Component Definitions Under the Arms Export Control Act (RIN 1140-AA77)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026

Last Updated: January 26, 2026

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