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H.J.Res. 44: 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'".

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H.J.Res. 44: 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'".

118th Congress · introduced 2023-03-17 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-03-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 171 (2023): On the Joint Resolution, HJRES44 (2023-06-22), Joint Resolution Defeated. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Message on Senate action sent to the House. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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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'".

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Official text

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'".

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hjres44.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hjres>

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Sponsor: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] · 188 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.J. Res. 44, a joint resolution 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 A (2023-06-09)

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Richard Hudson (R-NC), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Scott Perry (R-PA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mark Alford (R-MO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Austin Scott (R-GA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Jason Smith (R-MO), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), August Pfluger (R-TX), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), David Rouzer (R-NC), Scott Franklin (R-FL), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA) and 128 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] reported raising $738,198 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong118-hjres44 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118