{"format":1,"id":"118-hjres-44","congress":118,"number":"H.J.Res. 44","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to \"Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'\".","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to \"Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to \"Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to \"Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'\"."}],"outcome":"failed_senate","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-06-13","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h252","question":"On Passage","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ’Stabilizing Braces’”","result":"Passed","yea":219,"nay":210,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll252.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-06-22","vote":{"id":"118-2023-s171","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"H.J. Res. 44","result":"Joint Resolution Defeated","yea":49,"nay":50,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00171.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Message on Senate action sent to the House.","date":"2023-06-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-06-13","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives titled Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached \"Stabilizing Braces\" and published on January 31, 2023. The rule establishes criteria for determining whether a firearm equipped with an attached stabilizing brace that facilitates shoulder fire is a rifle subject to regulation (e.g., registration) under the National Firearms Act."}],"words":63},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rule on \"Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'\" and states that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/44/text/eh#H158483F631AE42C38CC1A3D77FB69E30"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the ATF rule on firearms with attached stabilizing braces"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives titled \"Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'\" (ATF final rule 2021R-08F).","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/44/text/eh#H158483F631AE42C38CC1A3D77FB69E30"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/44/text/eh#H158483F631AE42C38CC1A3D77FB69E30"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-06-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/44/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/44","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/44/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hjres-44.png","v":"4f3d344d8a71","alt":"Votes on Record. H.J.Res. 44, 118th Congress: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to \"Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'\". House: 219 Yea, 210 Nay. Senate: 49 Yea, 50 Nay. Outcome: Failed Senate, 22 Jun 2023."}}