A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Congressional oversight, Department of Justice, Firearms and explosives

Summary:  <p>This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives titled <i>Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached &quot;Stabilizing Braces&quot;</i> and published on January 31, 2023. The rule establishes criteria for determining whether a firearm equipped with an attached stabilizing brace that facilitates shoulder fire is a rifle subject to regulation (e.g., registration) under the National Firearms Act. </p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 20 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 20

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice 
and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives relating to 
``Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached `Stabilizing Braces'''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2023

 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
 Lee, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, 
Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
 Tillis, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. 
 Fischer, Mr. Daines, Mr. Thune, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Graham, Mr. Vance, Mr. 
Braun, Mr. Young, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
 Hoeven, Mr. Moran, Mr. Paul, Mr. Romney, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Sullivan, 
 Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. 
 Ricketts, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following joint 
 resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice 
and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives relating to 
``Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached `Stabilizing Braces'''.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the 
rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives relating to ``Factoring Criteria for 
Firearms With Attached `Stabilizing Braces''' (88 Fed. Reg. 6478 
(January 31, 2023)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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