Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Removing silencers from NFA restrictions as they are not a threat to society.
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Subject: Taxation
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
Session: 118th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: December 17, 2024
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/152/all-info
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71 sponsors: Jeff Duncan (R); Robert Aderholt (R); Kelly Armstrong (R); Jack Bergman (R); Andy Biggs (R); Dan Bishop (R); Josh Brecheen (R); Ken Buck (R); Tim Burchett (R); Kat Cammack (R); Jerry Carl (R); Earl Carter (R); Ben Cline (R); Michael Cloud (R); James Comer (R); Ron Estes (R); Drew Ferguson (R); Brad Finstad (R); Charles Fleischmann (R); Russ Fulcher (R); Matt Gaetz (R); Paul Gosar (R); Morgan Griffith (R); Brett Guthrie (R); Andy Harris (R); Diana Harshbarger (R); Kevin Hern (R); Richard Hudson (R); Bill Huizenga (R); Darrell Issa (R); Jim Jordan (R); David Kustoff (R); Jacob Laturner (R); Debbie Lesko (R); Tom McClintock (R); Alexander Mooney (R); Greg Murphy (R); Ralph Norman (R); Gary Palmer (R); Scott Perry (R); August Pfluger (R); Guy Reschenthaler (R); Chip Roy (R); Austin Scott (R); Pete Sessions (R); Pete Stauber (R); Glenn Thompson (R); William Timmons (R); Randy Weber (R); Daniel Webster (R); Joe Wilson (R); Robert Wittman (R); Steve Womack (R); Brian Mast (R); Mark Green (R); Lauren Boebert (R); Barry Loudermilk (R); John Moolenaar (R); Mike Bost (R); Adrian Smith (R); Neal Dunn (R); Anna Luna (R); Monica De La Cruz (R); Glenn Grothman (R); John Carter (R); Morgan Luttrell (R); Matt Rosendale (R); Garland Barr (R); Andrew Clyde (R); Harriet Hageman (R); Jody Arrington (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Dec 17 2024 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Jan 9 2023 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 9 2023 | 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. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 18 2023 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Health
There have not been any votes on this bill