Protecting Legal Firearms Ownership Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1678
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-21
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Legal Firearms Ownership Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill states that any firearm or firearm attachment that was lawfully manufactured before the effective date of a new rule or regulation shall be grandfathered and shall be permitted to be sold, transferred, and possessed in accordance with the previous rule regime. </p> <p>The bill specifies that the manufacturing date of a firearm or firearm attachment shall be determined by the serial number recorded on the firearm or firearm attachment, or any other legal method of recording the date of manufacturing, including packaging. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1678 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2023 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To limit the applicability of certain rules with regard to possession of a firearm or firearm attachment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Legal Firearms Ownership Act of 2023 . 2. Inapplicability of rule Any firearm or firearm attachment that was lawfully manufactured before the effective date of a new rule or regulation shall be grandfathered and shall be permitted to be sold, transferred, and possessed in accordance with the previous rule regime. The manufacturing date of a firearm or firearm attachment shall be determined by the serial number recorded on the firearm or firearm attachment, or any other legal method of recording the date of manufacturing, including packaging.