[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1678 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1678

 To limit the applicability of certain rules with regard to possession 
                  of a firearm or firearm attachment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2023

   Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit the applicability of certain rules with regard to possession 
                  of a firearm or firearm attachment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Legal Firearms Ownership 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF RULE.

    Any firearm or firearm attachment that was lawfully manufactured 
before the effective date of a new rule or regulation shall be 
grandfathered and shall be permitted to be sold, transferred, and 
possessed in accordance with the previous rule regime. The 
manufacturing date of a firearm or firearm attachment shall be 
determined by the serial number recorded on the firearm or firearm 
attachment, or any other legal method of recording the date of 
manufacturing, including packaging.
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