PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Proposed Federal House Legislation HB5289
This legislation would amend federal law to remove short-barrelled rifles from the NFA Taxing scheme that requires a $200 tax stamp to purchase and possess.
Legislation Overview
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2019
Subject: Taxation: Administrative law and regulatory procedures: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations
Description: Removes short-barreled rifles (barrels of less than 16 inches in length) from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the transportation of such rifles in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled rifle as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such rifle where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled rifles. The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of certain rifles within one year after the enactment of this bill.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5289/all-info
Sponsors
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26 sponsors: Roger Marshall (R); Matt Gaetz (R); Don Young (R); Austin Scott (R); Greg Steube (R); Ted Budd (R); Jeff Duncan (R); Dan Newhouse (R); Steve Watkins (R); Brian Babin (R); Paul Gosar (R); Markwayne Mullin (R); Ted Yoho (R); Mark Meadows (R); Morgan Griffith (R); Jody Hice (R); Ron Estes (R); Richard Hudson (R); Denver Riggleman (R); Andy Harris (R); Alexander Mooney (R); Mike Johnson (R); Andy Biggs (R); Debbie Lesko (R); Bradley Byrne (R); Kevin Hern (R)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 30 2020 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Dec 3 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Dec 3 2019 | 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. |
| House | Dec 3 2019 | 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. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 10 2019 | federal bill text | 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: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Votes
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