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Revision of Firearms License Requirements
The Industry and Security Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 30, 2025. It took effect on September 30, 2025.
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What the agency says
On April 30, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (Firearms IFR) that imposed new export license requirements for firearms and related ammunition and components. American firearms manufacturers estimated that these regulatory restrictions would cost them hundreds of millions of dollars per year in lost sales. BIS, informed by public comments on the Firearms IFR, has determined that the Firearms IFR should be rescinded in its entirety--with the only exception being to maintain new Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs). This final rule also amends the EAR by removing the Congressional notification requirement for certain semi-automatic firearms license applications. By restoring export controls on firearms to the state they were in at the end of the first Trump Administration, BIS is advancing the Administration's commitment to reducing regulatory burdens on industry and law-abiding firearms owners.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-18992
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau
- Published
- September 30, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 30, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective September 30, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. 250910-0151
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0694-AJ46
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 758; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Exports; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Terrorism
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 32
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