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NSSF Factsheet: USML to CCL Transition

In reviewing the CCL and USML, the Obama Administration was clear that sporting firearms and ammunition (Category I, safari hunting rifles over .50 caliber from Category II and Category III, with the exception of fully automatic military firearms) should be moved to the CCL from the USML and be licensed by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).  Under the Trump Administration, the Departments of Commerce and State successfully published the proposed rules in May 2018 and the final rules in January 2020, with an effective date of March 9, 2020. The National Shooting Sports Foundation had led the charge for the USML to CCL transition for a decade, and applauds the reforms finalized by the Trump Administration.

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