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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 381 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the definition |
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| 6 | 6 | | of rifles, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY17, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | OODof Virginia (for himself, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. |
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| 11 | 11 | | H |
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| 12 | 12 | | ARSHBARGER, and Mr. GAETZ) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 13 | 13 | | referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined |
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| 15 | 15 | | by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall |
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| 16 | 16 | | within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update |
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| 19 | 19 | | the definition of rifles, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Individual 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act’’ or the ‘‘PISTOL 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. UPDATED RIFLE DEFINITION UNDER NATIONAL 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | FIREARMS ACT. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 5845(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1986 is amended to read as follows: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 34 | 34 | | IFLE.—The term ‘rifle’ means a weapon origi-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | nally designed or redesigned, made or remade, and origi-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | nally intended by its maker or manufacturer to be fired 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | bore for each single pull of the trigger, and shall include 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | a fixed cartridge. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | such term shall not include a pistol equipped with a rear 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | brace or rear attachment which can be used to assist the 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | shooter in controlling the pistol, even if such brace or at-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tachment can also be placed against the shoulder.’’. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SEC. 3. UPDATED PISTOL DEFINITION UNDER CODE OF 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Within 60 days of the date of the enactment of this 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | section, the Attorney General shall amend subpart B of 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | part 479 of subchapter B of chapter II of title 27, Code 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of Federal Regulations to clarify that a pistol has the fol-23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | lowing definition: 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘Pistol. A concealable weapon originally designed, made, 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | barrels when held by a user, and having (a) a chamber(s) 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | that is an integral part of, or permanently aligned with, 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | a bore(s); and (b) one or more short stocks designed to 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | be gripped by the user with said stocks at an angle to 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and extending below the line of the bore(s). The presence 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | or absence of rear mounted braces or attachments which 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | can assist a user in controlling the pistol shall not cause 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | a firearm that otherwise meets this definition from being 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | considered a pistol.’’. 9 |
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