2024 Firearms and Ammunition Import and Export Conference

Co-Hosted with FRAC

(Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition)

Dates:  June 10 – June 11, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM 

             MGM Hotel & Casino Center, Bellagio  Ballroom 101 MGM National Ave. Oxon Hill, MD 

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2024 FAIR Trade Group & FRAC Firearms and Ammunition Compliance Conference Agenda

June 10 8:00 AM – June 11, 2024, 5:00 PM @ MGM Hotel & Casino Center, Bellagio  Ballroom

DAY 1: ATF | Monday, June 10 – ATF

7:30-8:30 | Full American Breakfast Buffet

8:30 – 9:00 | ATF Introduction (General Updates and Announcements)

•     AD & DAD Introduction & Comment
•     Division Chief Introductions & High-Elevation Updates (FEID, NFA, FESD, FATD, ORA & FO)

9:00 – 9:45  | eForms Basics and Common Pitfalls (NFA & FESD)

•      NFA Town Hall (Redux) – Processing change updates
•      Form 6 processing – necessary temporary imports alternatives

9:45 – 10:45 | New Engaged in the Business Rule / Responsible Persons / Personal Firearm Storage (ORA & FEID)

•        Presumptions
•       Personal Collections
•       New Labelling and Segregation Requirements
•       Responsible Persons
•       What Types of Positions Will Usually Trigger RP Reporting?

10:45 – 11:00 | Break 

11:00 - 12:00 | Zero Tolerance FFL Revocation Policy/Preparing for Compliance Inspection (FO)

•       Refresh on Administration’s Comprehensive Strategy / Stats since implementation
•       DOD Contractor Inspections

12:00 – 1:00 PM | Sit Down Lunch Keynote Speaker David Vardeman, Capital Bank & Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA)

1:00 – 2:00 | ATF Compliance: Elements Unique to the Government Contractor (Gov Furnished Equipment) (FEID)

•        Exemptions, Marking & Variances

2:00 – 2:45 | NFA Division Updates (NFA)

•        Leadership changes, new branch & FTE staffing
•        Pre-86 imported machineguns
•        Out of business 922(o) machinegun transfers

2:45 – 3:00 | Break

3:00 – 4:45 | ATF Round tables 

• NFA x2
• FATD x2
• Field Ops x2
• Imports x2
• FIPB x2
• EIPB x2

4:00 - 6:00 Reception

 DAY TWO: Export | Tuesday, June 11 -- 8:30 – 5:00 pm

7:30 – 8:30 | Full Breakfast Buffet 

8:30 – 10:00 | BIS - New Export Rule

10:00 – 10:15 | Break  

10:15 – 11:00 | CCATS Classifications

11:15 – 12:00 | Anti-Boycott (Commerce) 

12:00 - 1:00 | Buffett Lunch

1:00 - 2:15  Defense Trade Controls Licensing - 
Licensing Trends, Cat. I(x), Amending and Replacing licenses, Retransfer Requests, Congressional Notifications, Common Mistakes.

2:15 - 3:00  Defense Trade Controls Compliance -Disclosures and Enforcement 

3:00 – 3:15 | Break    

3:15 – 5:00 | DDTC/BIS/OAC Round tables 

• DDTC Licensing x2
• DDTC Agreements x1
• DDTC Policy x1
• BIS Licensing x2
• BIS Policy and Exemptions x1
• BIS Enforcement x1