Taxation
SHORT Act
- Introduced
- Committee
- House
- Senate
- President
- Law
- Introduced
- March 27, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the National Firearms Act definition of firearm, while retaining machineguns, silencers, and destructive devices. It would also remove specified Federal restrictions, address certain State and local registration, licensing, tax, marking, and recordkeeping requirements, and require the Attorney General to destroy specified records of applicable weapons not later than 365 days after enactment. The definition amendment would apply to calendar quarters beginning after a 90-day post-enactment period.
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