Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2023
H.R. 173 removes short-barreled rifles from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. This legislation is in response to a rule put in place by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to expand the definition of “short-barreled rifles”, or barrels of less than 16 inches, to include any and every pistol that has an arm brace affixed to it.