Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 926 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 926 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 90-351, title IV, Sec. 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat.
234; amended Pub. L. 90-618, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82
Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 106, May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 459;
Pub. L. 103-322, title XI, Sec. 110401(d), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 2015; Pub. L. 107-296, title XI, Sec. 1112(f)(6), Nov. 25,
2002, 116 Stat. 2276.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners' Protection Act,
referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 99-
308, which was approved May 19, 1986.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 107-296 substituted "Attorney
General" for "Secretary".
1994 - Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103-322 added par. (3).
1986 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 106(1)-(4), designated
existing provision as subsec. (a), and in subsec. (a) as so
designated, in provision preceding par. (1) substituted "may
prescribe only" for "may prescribe" and "as are" for "as he deems
reasonably", and in closing provision substituted provision that no
rule or regulation prescribed after May 19, 1986, require that
records required under this chapter be recorded at or transferred
to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or
any State or political subdivision thereof, nor any system of
registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions
or dispositions be established and that nothing in this section
expand or restrict the authority of the Secretary to inquire into
the disposition of any firearm in the course of a criminal
investigation for provision that the Secretary give reasonable
public notice, and afford an opportunity for a hearing, prior to
prescribing rules and regulations.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 99-308, Sec. 106(5), added subsecs.
(b) and (c).
1968 - Pub. L. 90-618 inserted provisions authorizing the
Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring a licensee, when
dealing with another licensee, to provide such other licensee a
certified copy of the license, and regulations authorizing the
issuance of certified copies of the license required under this
chapter.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 107-296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25,
2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107-296, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-308 effective 180 days after May 19,
1986, see section 110(a) of Pub. L. 99-308, set out as a note under
section 921 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-618 effective Dec. 16, 1968, see section
105 of Pub. L. 90-618, set out as a note under section 921 of this
title.
(!1) So in original. Probably should be "Attorney General's".
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