Justice Dept. ATF Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Update to Proscribed Countries for Import Restrictions
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSFR) -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is proposing to amend Department of Justice regulations to remove the existing, outdated list of proscribed countries from which ATF denies applications to permanently import defense articles and services and update it to reference a Department of State list of proscribed countries. The rule also proposes to remove the list of former Soviet countries from which ATF currently denies applications to perman . . .