Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB59
Legislation Overview
Title: Hearing Protection Act of 2017
Subject: Taxation: Federal preemption: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Sales and excise taxes: State and local taxation
Description: Hearing Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person who pays a transfer tax on a silencer after January 9, 2017, may receive a refund of such tax. The bill amends the federal criminal code to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/59/all-info
Sponsors
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19 sponsors: Mike Crapo (R); Jerry Moran (R); Rand Paul (R); John Cornyn (R); James Risch (R); Deb Fischer (R); Roger Wicker (R); Mike Rounds (R); Bill Cassidy (R); Pat Roberts (R); John Kennedy (R); Steve Daines (R); Tom Cotton (R); Johnny Isakson (R); Ted Cruz (R); Luther Strange (R); Mike Lee (R); Dean Heller (R); John Boozman (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 19% (19 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 23 2017 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Finance
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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