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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 44— FIREARMS · § 926

§ 926. Rules and regulations

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(a)The Attorney General may prescribe only such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including—
(1)regulations providing that a person licensed under this chapter, when dealing with another person so licensed, shall provide such other licensed person a certified copy of this license;
(2)regulations providing for the issuance, at a reasonable cost, to a person licensed under this chapter, of certified copies of his license for use as provided under regulations issued under paragraph
(1)of this subsection; and
(3)regulations providing for effective receipt and secure storage of firearms relinquished by or seized from persons described in subsection (d)(8) or (g)(8) of section 922.
No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act may require that records required to be maintained under this chapter or any portion of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions be established. Nothing in this section expands or restricts the Secretary’s 1 authority to inquire into the disposition of any firearm in the course of a criminal investigation.
(b)The Attorney General shall give not less than ninety days public notice, and shall afford interested parties opportunity for hearing, before prescribing such rules and regulations.
(c)The Attorney General shall not prescribe rules or regulations that require purchasers of black powder under the exemption provided in section 845(a)(5) of this title to complete affidavits or forms attesting to that exemption.
(Added Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 234; amended Pub. L. 90–618, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 99–308, § 106, May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 459; Pub. L. 103–322, title XI, § 110401(d), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2015; Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1112(f)(6), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2276.)
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  • Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 902
  • 82 Stat. 234
  • Pub. L. 90–618, title I, § 102
  • 82 Stat. 1226
  • Pub. L. 99–308, § 106
  • 100 Stat. 459
  • Pub. L. 103–322, title XI, § 110401(d)
  • 108 Stat. 2015
  • Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1112(f)(6)
  • 116 Stat. 2276
  • Pub. L. 99–308
  • Pub. L. 107–296
  • Pub. L. 103–322
  • Pub. L. 99–308, § 106(1)
  • Pub. L. 99–308, § 106(5)
  • Pub. L. 90–618
  • section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296
  • section 110(a) of Pub. L. 99–308
  • section 105 of Pub. L. 90–618
  • section 907 of Pub. L. 90–351
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