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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau: 47 rules and proposed rules since April 2024

16 final rules and 31 proposed rules since April 19, 2024, 5 of them marked significant. 2 are open for comment now. Common topics: administrative practice and procedure, penalties, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, seizures and forfeitures, imports.

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Open for comment

DocumentTypeComments due
Revising Requirements and Exceptions for Storing Explosives
2026-19692
Proposed ruleNov 24
Explosives Magazine Safety Requirements
2026-19691
Proposed ruleNov 24

Every document, newest first

DocumentTypePublished
Annual Notices on Explosive Materials Storage Facilities to Local Fire Authority
2026-19694 · significant
Final ruleSep 25
Implementing the Safe Explosives Act
2026-19693 · significant
Final ruleSep 25
Revising Requirements and Exceptions for Storing Explosives
2026-19692
Proposed ruleSep 25
Explosives Magazine Safety Requirements
2026-19691
Proposed ruleSep 25
Application for Relief From Disabilities Imposed by Federal Laws With Respect to the Acquisition, Receipt, Transfer, Shipment, Transportation, or Possession of Firearms
2026-16981 · significant
Final ruleAug 20
Fingerprint and Photograph Requirements for Firearms Applications
2026-13587
Proposed ruleJul 6
Registering NFA Firearms That Fall Out of Government Contract
2026-13586
Proposed ruleJul 6
Licensee “eZ Check” Verification for Transfers; Withdrawing Direct Final Rule
2026-13585
Final ruleJul 6
Conforming Change for Approving a Making Application
C1-2026-08931
Final ruleMay 26
Revising Firearms Transaction Record, “Form 4473”
2026-09182
Proposed ruleMay 8
Removing Youth Handgun Safety Act Notice
2026-09165
Proposed ruleMay 8
Converting Temporary to Permanent Imports for Defense Articles
2026-09164
Proposed ruleMay 8
Importing Dual-Use Frames, Receivers, or Barrels
2026-09163
Proposed ruleMay 8
Firearm Activities in Foreign Trade Zones, Customs-Bonded Warehouses
2026-09162
Proposed ruleMay 8
Interstate Transport and Temporary Export of National Firearms Act Firearms
2026-09161
Proposed ruleMay 8
Implementing PATRIOT Act Improvements: Contraband Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco
2026-09160 · significant
Final ruleMay 8
Defining “Willfully” for Firearms Violations
2026-09159
Proposed ruleMay 8
Firearms Electronic Record-Keeping
2026-09158
Proposed ruleMay 8
Revising Non-Over-the-Counter Firearms Transaction Requirements
2026-09157
Proposed ruleMay 8
Revising Definitions of “Adjudicated as a Mental Defective” and “Committed to a Mental Institution”
2026-09156
Proposed ruleMay 8
Changes to National Firearms Act Tax Remittance Provisions
2026-09155
Final ruleMay 8
Joint Registration for Spouses Under the National Firearms Act
2026-09154
Proposed ruleMay 8
Selecting Biological Sex on ATF Forms
2026-08932
Proposed ruleMay 6
Conforming Change for Approving a Making Application
2026-08931
Final ruleMay 6
Removing Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached “Stabilizing Braces”
2026-08930
Proposed ruleMay 6
Firearm Records Retention Periods
2026-08929
Proposed ruleMay 6
Transferring Machine Guns Between Qualified Licensees
2026-08928
Proposed ruleMay 6
Export Control Reform-Conforming References to Department of Commerce
2026-08927
Final ruleMay 6
Revising Machine Gun Definition in Response to Supreme Court Decision
2026-08926
Final ruleMay 6
Definition of Business Premises
2026-08925
Proposed ruleMay 6
Licensee “eZ Check” Verification for Transfers
2026-08924
Final ruleMay 6
Clarifying Special (Occupational) Tax Payments Per Business Activity
2026-08923
Proposed ruleMay 6
Firearms Transactions and Straw Purchases
2026-08922
Proposed ruleMay 6
Adding Component Definitions Under the Arms Export Control Act
2026-08921
Proposed ruleMay 6
Removing Triplicate Filing Requirement for Importing Plastic Explosives
2026-08920
Final ruleMay 6
Revising Regulations Defining “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms
2026-08919
Proposed ruleMay 6
Clarifying Exceptions to the Brady Act Background Check Requirement
2026-08918
Proposed ruleMay 6
Clarifying Delivery to a Common or Contract Carrier When Transporting Firearms
2026-08917
Proposed ruleMay 6
Clarifying Interstate Transportation of Firearms Under the Gun Control Act
2026-08916
Proposed ruleMay 6
Allowing Makers To Adopt Certain Markings for National Firearms Act Firearms
2026-08915
Proposed ruleMay 6
Importing Training Rounds
2026-08914
Proposed ruleMay 6
Removing CLEO Notification Under the National Firearms Act
2026-08912
Proposed ruleMay 6
Update to Proscribed Countries for Import Restrictions
2026-08911
Proposed ruleMay 6
Revising Definition of “Unlawful User of or Addicted to Controlled Substance”
2026-01141
Final ruleJan 22
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Conforming Regulations; Correction
2024-13699
Final ruleJun 27, 2024
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Conforming Regulations
2024-08339
Final ruleApr 19, 2024
Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms
2024-07838 · significant
Final ruleApr 19, 2024

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