Taxation
Constitutional Hearing Protection Act
- Introduced
- Committee
- House
- Senate
- President
- Law
- Introduced
- May 7, 2025
- Sponsor
- · R–GA
- Recorded roll calls
- None recorded
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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The bill would remove firearm silencers from the Internal Revenue Code definition of firearms and provide that a person acquiring or possessing a silencer in accordance with chapter 44 of title 18 is treated as meeting National Firearms Act registration and licensing requirements. It would preempt certain state and local silencer taxes and marking, recordkeeping, or registration requirements, require the Attorney General to destroy specified silencer records within 365 days after enactment, and establish serial-number marking rules for licensed importers and manufacturers.
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