Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Limits the authority of States and local governments to impose new taxes,
or to increase rates of existing taxes, payable with respect to the sale
of certain firearms or ammunition or payable for background checks
incident to sales of firearms or ammunition.
Title: Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013
Subject: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Sales and excise taxes: State and local taxation: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013 - Prohibits a state or local government from imposing a new tax, or increasing the rate of an existing tax: (1) on the sale of ammunition or firearms that have moved in or that otherwise affect interstate commerce, or (2) payable to conduct a background check incident to the sale of such ammunition or firearms.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Last Action Date: July 15, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN02361:@@@L&summ2=m&
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11 sponsors: Graves, Sam; Alexander, Rodney; Blackburn, Marsha; Coble, Howard; Collins, Chris; Davis, Rodney; Fincher, Stephen Lee; Jenkins, Lynn; Palazzo, Steven M.; Smith, Jason; Wilson, Joe
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 15 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. |
| House | Jun 13 2013 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 20 2013 | 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 Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law
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