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Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act

H.R. 381 · 118th Congress · Jan 17, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the definition of rifles, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act” or the “PISTOL Act”.

Sec. 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.”

Sec. 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: