NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES RULE: ELIMINATING OBSOLETE MARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR TOY, LOOK-ALIKE, AND IMITATION FIREARMS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a rule called: Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation Firearms.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 19 by Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat.

Summary: By this rule, NIST removes its regulation setting forth marking requirements for toy, look-alike, and imitation firearms. Pursuant to statutory amendments made by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, the subject regulation now lacks an underlying statutory authorization and has been rendered obsolete by the new, operative marking requirements issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The removal of the subject NIST regulation is ther...