Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB2361
Legislation Overview
Title: Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013
Subject: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Sales and excise taxes: State and local taxation
Description: Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013 - Prohibits a state or local government from imposing a new tax, or increasing the rate of an existing tax: (1) on the sale of ammunition or firearms that have moved in or that otherwise affect interstate commerce, or (2) payable to conduct a background check incident to the sale of such ammunition or firearms.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Last Action Date: July 15, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN02361:@@@L&summ2=m&
Sponsors
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11 sponsors: Graves, Sam; Alexander, Rodney; Blackburn, Marsha; Coble, Howard; Collins, Chris; Davis, Rodney; Fincher, Stephen Lee; Jenkins, Lynn; Palazzo, Steven M.; Smith, Jason; Wilson, Joe;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (11 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 15, 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. |
| House | Jun 13, 2013 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 20 2013 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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