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Implementing PATRIOT Act Improvements: Contraband Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco
The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 8, 2026. It took effect on June 8, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") is amending Department of Justice ("Department") regulations to implement certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 ("PATRIOT Improvement Act") relating to trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. This act amended the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act ("CCTA") by, among other things, reducing the threshold amount of cigarettes necessary to trigger jurisdiction under the CCTA from a quantity in excess of 60,000 to a quantity in excess of 10,000; extending the provisions of the CCTA to cover contraband smokeless tobacco; expanding record-keeping requirements; and imposing reporting requirements.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-09160
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Justice Department; Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
- Published
- May 8, 2026
- Takes effect
- June 8, 2026
- Dates
- This final rule is effective June 8, 2026.
- Docket
- ATF No. 2006R-1F
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1140-AA31
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 27 CFR 646
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Cigars and cigarettes; Excise taxes; Packaging and containers; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Seizures and forfeitures; Surety bonds; Tobacco
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 16
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