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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Justice</NAME>
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<p>The Department of Justice has proposed to amend the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to set forth factors considered when evaluating firearms with an attached stabilizing brace to determine whether they are considered firearms under the National Firearms Act and/or the Gun Control Act.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>27 CFR 478</CFR>
            <CFR>27 CFR 479</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 U.S.C 921 to 931</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C 5812</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C 5822</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 7801</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 7805</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/10/2021</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>86 FR 30826</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/08/2021</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2022</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Denise</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Brown</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Regulations Writer</TITLE>
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                    <CODE>1140</CODE>
                    <NAME>Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>ATF</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 648-7070</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>99 New York Avenue NE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20226</ZIP>
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