{"abstract":"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") is proposing to amend Department of Justice (\"Department\") regulations on firearms with attached stabilizing braces. Courts have found that ATF's revisions in the 2023 final rule on the same topic violated the Administrative Procedure Act. Several courts have enjoined, stayed, or vacated the final rule, which has rarely been in effect. ATF is therefore proposing to remove from the regulatory definitions of \"rifle\" the two paragraphs added by the 2023 final rule that defined the term \"designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder.\"","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives","name":"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau","id":19,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/19","parent_id":268,"slug":"alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/05/06/2026-08930.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"478","title":27},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"479","title":27}],"citation":"91 FR 24453","comment_url":"http://www.regulations.gov/commenton/ATF-2026-0335-0001","comments_close_on":"2026-08-04","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be submitted in writing, and must be submitted on or before (or, if mailed, must be postmarked on or before) August 4, 2026. 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