HR 3823 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

PISTOL Act

Introduced Jun 11, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Bob Good R-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 11, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act or the PISTOL Act

This bill modifies the definition of rifle 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.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2021 to Dec 6, 2022; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-PAFred KellerOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TXLance GoodenOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.OriginalJun 11, 2021
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalJun 11, 2021
R-IDRuss FulcherOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-PAScott PerryOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-NCTed BuddOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-CATom McClintockOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-OHWarren DavidsonOriginalJun 11, 2021
R-VARobert J. WittmanJun 17, 2021
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeJun 28, 2021
R-TXMichael CloudJun 28, 2021
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOct 19, 2021
R-MIPeter MeijerMar 29, 2022
R-WIGlenn GrothmanDec 6, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 11, 2021
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 11, 2021
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jun 11, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 11, 2021Referred 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3231Andrew S. Clyde R-GAJun 28, 2021

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The 2nd Amendment states, ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 102, June 11, 2021, page H2710.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 381PISTOL ActReintroduced BillFeb 8, 2023

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the definition of rifles, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
PISTOL Act
Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 11, 2021Introduced in House

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