PISTOL Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 11, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
Jun 11, 2021
Committee
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.
lower
Jun 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Good
RRepublican
Co
Andrew S. Clyde
RRepublican
Co
Andy Biggs
RRepublican
Co
Andy Harris
RRepublican
Co
Diana Harshbarger
RRepublican
Co
Fred Keller
RRepublican
Co
Glenn Grothman
RRepublican
Co
Jody B. Hice
RRepublican
Co
John H. Rutherford
RRepublican
Co
Lance Gooden
RRepublican
Co
Lauren Boebert
RRepublican
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