2026-17242Notice

Uncle Sam’s Form to Get Your Guns Back

Published Date: 8/24/2026

Notice

Summary

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of the Pardon Attorney (PARDON), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The final rule responding to those comments was published at Application for Relief from Disabilities Imposed by Federal Laws with Respect to the Acquisition, Receipt, Transfer, Shipment, Transportation, or Possession of Firearms in the Federal Register at 91 FR 54054, August 20, 2026.

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Formal Application to Restore Firearms Rights

Under 18 U.S.C. 925(c), the Attorney General can restore federal firearms rights to persons or entities disabled under federal law, and DOJ is collecting a new Application to Restore Federal Firearms Rights to accompany the final rule (91 FR 54054, August 20, 2026). The form is intended to implement the criteria that will guide the Attorney General's determinations in that process.

New Application Imposes Time Burden

If you are someone barred from federal firearms rights and file the new application, the government estimates 330,000 responses per year and that each electronic response takes 65 minutes to complete. The collection totals an estimated 357,500 annual burden hours for applicants.

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Key Dates

Published Date
Comments Due
8/24/2026
9/23/2026

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