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Rulemaking

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May, 2026

Allowing Makers to Adopt Certain Markings of National Firearms Act Firearms (RIN 1140-AA70)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026
Clarifying Interstate Transportation of Firearms Under the Gun Control Act (RIN 1140-AA73)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
Clarifying Delivery to a Common or Contract Carrier When Transporting Firearms (RIN 1140-AA84)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
Licensee “eZ Check” Verification for Transfers (RIN 1140-AA61)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 06/05/2026
Importing Training Rounds (RIN 1140-AA97)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026
Removing Triplicate Filing Requirement for Importing Plastic Explosives (RIN 1140-AA74)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Update to Proscribed Countries for Import Restrictions (RIN 1140-AA91)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 07/06/2026
Removing Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached “Stabilizing Braces” (RIN 1140-AA98)
Release Date: 05/06/2026
Comment Period: 05/06/2026 to 08/04/2026

January, 2026

Revising Definition of “Unlawful User of or Addicted to Controlled Substance” (RIN 1140-AB03)
Release Date: 01/22/2026
Comment Period: 01/22/2026 to 06/30/2026

June, 2024

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Conforming Regulations
Release Date: 06/27/2024

April, 2024

Definition of ‘‘Engaged in the Business’’ as a Dealer in Firearms
Release Date: 04/19/2024
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Conforming Regulations
Release Date: 04/19/2024
Comment Period: 04/19/2024 to 05/20/2024

September, 2023

Definition of ‘‘Engaged in the Business’’ as a Dealer in Firearms
Release Date: 09/08/2023
Comment Period: 09/09/2023 to 12/07/2023

August, 2023

Annual Reporting of Explosive Materials Storage Facilities to the Local Fire Authority
Release Date: 08/23/2023
Comment Period: 08/23/2023 to 11/21/2023

January, 2023

Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘‘Stabilizing Braces’’
Release Date: 01/31/2023

August, 2022

Definition of “Frame or Receiver” and Identification of Firearms; Corrections
Release Date: 08/22/2022

April, 2022

Definition of ‘‘Frame or Receiver’’ and Identification of Firearms
Release Date: 04/26/2022

January, 2022

Secure Gun Storage and Definition of ‘‘Antique Firearm’’
Release Date: 01/04/2022

June, 2021

Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached "Stabilizing Braces"
Release Date: 06/10/2021
Comment Period: 06/10/2021 to 09/08/2021

May, 2021

Definition of "Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms
Release Date: 05/21/2021
Comment Period: 05/21/2021 to 08/19/2021

November, 2019

Rules of Practice in Explosives License and Permit Proceedings; Revisions Reflecting Changes Consistent With the Homeland Security Act of 2002
Release Date: 11/25/2019
Removal of Expired Regulations Concerning Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition; Correction (2019R-03)
Release Date: 11/08/2019

April, 2019

Removal of Expired Regulations (2017R-21)
Release Date: 04/08/2019
Separation Distances of Ammonium Nitrate and Blasting Agents From Explosives or Blasting Agents (1140-AA27)
Release Date: 04/01/2019
Removal of Expired Regulations Concerning Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition and Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain Other Firearms (2014R-42)
Release Date: 04/01/2019

Last Updated: January 26, 2026

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