Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2024
Description: To prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers and dealers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 2, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: SAFES Act Storing All Firearms Effectively and Safely Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable tax credit for certain gun safes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: June 27, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act
Description: To transfer a portion of the firearms transfer tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund and the Conservation of America's Wildlife Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Subcommittee Hearings Held
Last Action Date: September 10, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Assault Weapons Excise Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional 1,000 percent excise tax on the sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: August 4, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2023
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain taxes related to firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Last Action Date: June 23, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: RIFLE Act Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Default Proceed Sale Transparency Act
Description: To improve the procedures of the national instant criminal background check system in the case of firearm transfers by federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers before the completion of the related criminal background check, and to provide for annual reports on default firearm transfers.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain taxes related to firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Firearm Industry Fairness Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the total revenue of manufacturers and importers of semi-automatic assault weapons.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: RETURN our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022 RETURN (Repealing Excise Tax on Unalienable Rights Now) our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain excise taxes relating to firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6869)
Last Action Date: July 19, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: RIFLE Act Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: NFA Modernization Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the transfer tax on certain firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Background Check Expansion Act
Description: A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 842) to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to require a background check for every firearm sale; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1446) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee; and for other purposes.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 842) to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to require a background check for every firearm sale; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1446) to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee; and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
Description: To require a background check for every firearm sale.
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2019
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.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: SAGA Act Second Amendment Guarantee Act
Description: Prohibits a state or local government from establishing a regulation, prohibition, or registration or licensing requirement with respect to a rifle or shotgun that is more restrictive (or that imposes a greater penalty) than federal law.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Stopping the Iron Pipeline Act of 2019
Description: Establishes requirements for incorporating passive identification capability into firearms sold in the United States. The term "passive identification capability" means technology that (1) enables identification by a mobile or fixed reading device, and (2) does not transmit an electronic monitoring or tracking signal. Additionally, the bill requires a gun owner to report a lost or stolen firearm to local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery. A gun owner who fails to report a lost or stolen firearm is subject to penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2019