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Final ruleTook effect July 6, 2026

Licensee “eZ Check” Verification for Transfers; Withdrawing Direct Final Rule

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register July 6, 2026. Document 2026-13585. Updated Nov. 8, 2026.

What it does

Due to receiving adverse comments, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") is withdrawing the direct final rule, "Licensee "eZ Check" Verification for Transfers," published on May 6, 2026.

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 478

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

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1140-AA61 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective July 6, 2026, ATF withdraws the direct final rule published at 91 FR 24357, on May 6, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-13585
ActionWithdrawing direct final rule.
AgenciesJustice Department; Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
PublishedJuly 6, 2026
Effective dateJuly 6, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)1140-AA61
DocketATF-2026-0009

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