Guidance Documents
Guidance Documents
Component | Document | Issued | Posted | ID | Topic | Overview |
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Missouri - July 2021 - Open Letter - House Bill Number 85, Second Amendment Preservation Act (2021L-17) | July 26, 2021 | July 30, 2021 | DOJ-1980826 | Firearms |
This letter provides guidance on your obligations as a federal firearms licensee. The guidance is intended to assist you in meeting these obligations. This letter does not impose any new obligations. It merely confirms the continuing applicability of existing federal obligations. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Texas - July 2021 - Open Letter - House Bill Number 957 | July 26, 2021 | July 30, 2021 | DOJ-1980841 | Firearms |
The purpose of this letter is to provide guidance on your obligations as a federal firearms licensee (FFL) in Texas. The following guidance is intended to assist you in accomplishing this goal. This letter does not impose any new obligations. It merely confirms the continuing applicability of existing federal obligations. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section | Long COVID Guidance | July 26, 2021 | August 1, 2022 | DOJ-1989496 | Civil Rights |
This guidance explains that long COVID can be a disability under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This guidance also provides resources for additional information and best practices. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | NICS Act List of Approved Programs download | July 9, 2021 | July 15, 2021 | DOJ-1981041 | Firearms |
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NIAA) requires states, as a condition of grant eligibility, to establish procedures to allow persons with disabilities relating to mental health (i.e., prohibiting mental health adjudications or involuntary commitments to a mental institution) to obtain relief from such disabilities for purposes of firearms eligibility. |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | Use of a Home Address as a Principal Place of Business or Professional Practice by an Individual Practitioner | July 8, 2021 | July 9, 2021 | DEA-DC-052 | DEA Registration |
This guidance document addresses issues pertaining to an individual practitioner’s use of their home address as a principal place of business or professional practice and the home address becoming controlled premises subject to unannounced inspections and administrative warrants under existing Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Educational Opportunities Section | Confronting Anti-LGBTQI+ Harassment in Schools | June 23, 2021 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041756 | Civil Rights |
This document (issued jointly with ED-OCR) is a resource for students and families on confronting LGBTQI+ discrimination in schools. It recognizes that in schools around the country, LGBTQI+ students have reported bullying and harassment by classmates because of their perceived or actual sexual orientation or gender identity. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Disaster Preparedness for FFLs | June 20, 2021 | June 20, 2021 | DOJ-2040721 | Firearms |
Red more to find out what is considered a disaster and tips on how to prepare as an FFL. |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | Reporting Controlled Substance Breakage, Spillage, and/or Damage to DEA | June 17, 2021 | July 9, 2021 | DEA-DC-051 | DEA Records and Reports |
This guidance document addresses the question of whether controlled substances that are broken and/or spilled at a DEA registrant’s registered location need to be reported to DE |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Louisiana - June 2021 - Open Letter - Lifetime Permit | June 15, 2021 | October 8, 2021 | DOJ-1980846 | Firearms |
The purpose of this open letter is to advise you that the Louisiana Lifetime Concealed Handgun Permit (Lifetime Permit) meets the requirements as an alternative to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check only during the five-year period beginning on the date of issuance of the Lifetime Permit. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Newsletter - June 2021 | June 1, 2021 | June 11, 2021 | DOJ-1981051 | Firearms |
What's in this issue: What is a Straw Purchase; Silencer Markings and Registration Requirements; Changes to ATF Form 4473; State of Residence and Identification; NICS Alternative Permits and Age Restrictions; and more. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Educational Opportunities Section | Confronting COVID-19-Related Harassment in Schools | May 10, 2021 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041761 | Civil Rights |
This document (issued jointly with ED-OCR) is an updated resource for students and families on confronting COVID-19 related bullying and harassment against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students. It recognizes that in schools around the country, AAPI students have reported bullying and harassment by classmates because of their race or national origin, including their ethnicity, ancestry, and language. The resource is available in twelve AAPI languages. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Safety and Security for FFLs | April 21, 2021 | April 21, 2021 | DOJ-2040761 | Firearms |
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Stolen Firearms Program was formally established on September 13, 1994, with the passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. For more than 20 years before this Act, ATF had been accepting voluntary reports of firearms lost/stolen from interstate shipments. Read more for safety and security information regarding FFLs |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | South Dakota - March 2021 - Open Letter - Regular Concealed Carry Permit as NICS Alternative | March 17, 2021 | March 19, 2021 | DOJ-1980861 | Firearms |
The purpose of this Open Letter is to advise you of an important change to the procedure you must follow to comply with the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Law), 18 U.S.C. § 922(t), when transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Q&As: Industry Replacement of Tommy Built Tactical Model T36 Receiver | March 15, 2021 | March 15, 2021 | DOJ-1761081 | Firearms |
FAQs regarding the Industry Replacement of Tommy Built Tactical Model T36 Receiver. |
Department of Justice | Guidance Regarding Department of Justice Grants and Executive Order 13798 | January 15, 2021 | January 15, 2021 | DOJ-1360476 | Civil Rights |
This guidance summarizes the Department’s policies on how it administers its Federal grants in compliance with Executive Order 13798, the Attorney General’s Memorandum “Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty,” and OMB Memorandum M-20-09. |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | Can I use a PO Box as my Registered Location | December 9, 2020 | December 9, 2020 | DEA-DC-050 | DEA Registration |
This guidance document answers the question: “If a registrant may use a post office box or private mailbox address as the registered address.” |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | Prescriptions by e-mail | November 20, 2020 | November 20, 2020 | DEA-DC-049 | Controlled Substance Prescriptions |
This guidance document answers the question: “If electronic prescriptions for controlled substances be sent by e-mail.” |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Best Practices Guide | November 5, 2020 | December 1, 2021 | DOJ-2040776 | Firearms |
ATF Industry Operations Investigators (IOIs) assist Federal firearms licensees (FFLs) in understanding and complying with the laws and regulations for operating a firearms business. Whether it is with proper recordkeeping or lawfully transferring firearms, IOIs ensure that FFLs comply with Federal firearms laws and regulations. |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | QA Double Blind Study | October 13, 2020 | October 21, 2020 | DEA-DC-048 | General |
Question and Answer addressing if a Researcher registrant should complete a DEA Form 222 when participating in double-blind studies in which the exact quantity of schedule I or II controlled substances received is unknown. |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | Pharmacist Manual | October 8, 2020 | October 8, 2020 | DEA-DC-046 | General |
Pharmacist Manual |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | QA Black Bag Exception | October 8, 2020 | October 20, 2020 | DEA-DC_047 | General |
Q&A answering whether a physician transport controlled substances and administer controlled substances at the patient’s home residence (the so-called “black bag exception”). |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Underground Storage (Presentation) | September 18, 2020 | September 30, 2020 | DOJ-1382741 | Explosives |
This presentation provides a history of the implementation of the Safe Explosives Act, the intention of the legislation and the authority of ATF to regulate the storage of explosives, above ground or underground. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Fireworks (Presentation) | September 18, 2020 | September 30, 2020 | DOJ-1382791 | Explosives |
This presentation on fireworks provides an overview of the classification of explosive materials and exemptions under Part 555, storage, identifying appropriate Tables of Distances and determining if a variance to deviate from the regulations might be needed. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Employee Possessor (Presentation) | September 18, 2020 | September 30, 2020 | DOJ-1382806 | Explosives |
This presentation defines an Employee Possessor and provides the procedures for reporting Employee Possessors to ATF, the clearance process, and at what point an employee may possess explosives. |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | QA Pharmacy Delivery of Buprenorphine Prescription under SUPPORT Act | September 18, 2020 | September 18, 2020 | DEA-DC-045 | General |
Q&A asking if a pharmacy may deliver a prescribed buprenorphine product to a practitioner for direct administration to the patient. This Q&A further explains that a pharmacy may deliver buprenorphine to the registered location of either the prescribing or the administering practitioner, and must be administered by injection or implantation only to the patient named on the prescription within 14 days after the date of receipt of the CS by the practitioner. |