Hearing Protection Act
- Last Action
- 6/15/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-06-15Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-15 (00)
Hearing Protection Act
This bill removes silencers from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act.
The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer.
The bill also revises the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category.
Cosponsors (20)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- James Risch (R-ID)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Subjects
- Federal preemption
- Firearms and explosives
- Government information and archives
- Licensing and registrations
- Sales and excise taxes
- State and local taxation
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