ATF Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Firearm Activities in Foreign Trade Zones, Customs-Bonded Warehouses
May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) proposes amending the definition of "importation" in the implementing regulations for the Gun Control Act (GCA) and the National Firearms Act (NFA). Specifically, the rule proposes to create an exclusion from the GCA and NFA's import requirements for items brought into a customs-bonded warehouse (CBW). The proposed modification to the definition would also remove the condition that items m . . .