# Federal Register 2026-21920 — effective 2026-11-27 — Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022-Criteria for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS”) Background Checks of Firearm Handlers — Justice Department

For Federal Register 2026-21920, effective date is 2026-11-27; agency is Justice Department; published is 2026-10-27; cfr parts amended is 28 CFR 25; dates, as printed is This final rule is effective November 27, 2026, recorded from its source on 2026-11-02; source re-checked 2026-11-03.

- **FR document number:** 2026-21920 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022-Criteria for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS”) Background Checks of Firearm Handlers _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Justice Department _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-11-27 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This final rule is effective November 27, 2026. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 28 CFR 25 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-10-27 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-11-03. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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