Conforming Change for Approving a Making Application

What it does

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") is amending Department of Justice ("Department") regulations to require that a National Instant Criminal Background Check System background check be performed as part of the approval process to make a National Firearms Act ("NFA") firearm. ATF already conducts such background checks as part of its processing and this amendment to the regulation simply ensures that the regulations addressing NFA processes are consistent with the statutory requirements.

The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

27 CFR 479

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau has published 12 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 0 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1140-AA79 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

• May 26, 2026 Final rule Conforming Change for Approving a Making Application

What happens next and when

This rule is effective May 6, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 27 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register