PISTOL Act

Bill: 118-hr-381
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-17
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H746)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act or the PISTOL Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the definition of <em>rifle</em> for purposes of the National Firearms Act to exclude from such definition a pistol equipped with a rear brace or rear attachment designed to assist the shooter in controlling the pistol. The bill also directs the Department of Justice to amend applicable regulations governing pistols to provide that the presence or absence of rear mounted braces or attachments that can assist a user in controlling the pistol shall not cause a firearm to be considered a pistol.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 381 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2023 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Wittman , Mr. Gosar , Mrs. Harshbarger , and Mr. Gaetz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the definition of rifles, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act or the PISTOL Act . 2. Updated rifle definition under National Firearms Act Section 5845(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (c) Rifle The term rifle means a weapon originally designed or redesigned, made or remade, and originally intended by its maker or manufacturer to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed cartridge. For purposes of the preceding sentence, such term shall not include a pistol equipped with a rear brace or rear attachment which can be used to assist the shooter in controlling the pistol, even if such brace or attachment can also be placed against the shoulder. . 3. Updated pistol definition under Code of Federal Regulations Within 60 days of the date of the enactment of this section, the Attorney General shall amend subpart B of part 479 of subchapter B of chapter II of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations to clarify that a pistol has the following definition: Pistol. A concealable weapon originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more barrels when held by a user, and having (a) a chamber(s) that is an integral part of, or permanently aligned with, a bore(s); and (b) one or more short stocks designed to be gripped by the user with said stocks at an angle to and extending below the line of the bore(s). The presence or absence of rear mounted braces or attachments which can assist a user in controlling the pistol shall not cause a firearm that otherwise meets this definition from being considered a pistol.” . .