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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 151
5	5	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled
6	6	shotguns from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National
7	7	Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY9, 2023
10	10	Mr. D
11	11	UNCAN(for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BISHOPof North Carolina,
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13	13	RECHEEN, Mr. BUCK, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. CLINE, Mr. CLOUD, Mr.
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15	15	RENSHAW, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. GOODof Virginia, Mr.
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17	17	OSAR, Mr. GUEST, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. HERN, Mr.
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19	19	ELLYof Pennsylvania, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. MAST, Mrs.
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21	21	ILLERof Illinois, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr.
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23	23	ESCHENTHALER, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. ROY, Mr. PERRY, Mr.
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25	25	TAUBER, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. WEBER
26	26	of Texas, Mr. W
27	27	ILSONof South Carolina, and Mr. WOMACK) introduced
28	28	the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and
29	29	Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period
30	30	to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
31	31	ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
32	32	concerned
33	33	A BILL
34	34	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove
35	35	short-barreled shotguns from the definition of firearms
36	36	for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other
37	37	purposes.
38	38	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
39	39	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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42	42	•HR 151 IH
43	43	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
44	44	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Frivolous Applica-2
45	45	tion for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act’’ or as the ‘‘NFA 3
46	46	SBS Act’’. 4
47	47	SEC. 2. SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUNS. 5
48	48	(a) I
49	49	NGENERAL.—Section 5845(a) of the Internal 6
50	50	Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 7
51	51	(1) by striking ‘‘(1) a shotgun having a barrel 8
52	52	or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (2) a 9
53	53	weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as 10
54	54	modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches 11
55	55	or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in 12
56	56	length; (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’, and 13
57	57	(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 14
58	58	(8) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively. 15
59	59	(b) S
60	60	HOTGUNSNOTTREATED ASDESTRUCTIVEDE-16
61	61	VICES.—Section 5485(f) of such Code is amended by 17
62	62	striking ‘‘except a shotgun or shotgun shell which the Sec-18
63	63	retary finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable 19
64	64	for sporting purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘except shotgun 20
65	65	shells and any weapon that is designed to shoot shotgun 21
66	66	shells’’. 22
67	67	(c) E
68	68	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 23
69	69	this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning 24
70	70	more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 25
71	71	Act. 26
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75	75	SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF DISPARATE TREATMENT OF 1
76	76	SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUNS USED FOR 2
77	77	LAWFUL PURPOSES. 3
78	78	Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 4
79	79	amended in each of subsections (a)(4) and (b)(4) by strik-5
80	80	ing ‘‘short-barreled shotgun,’’. 6
81	81	SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUNS DE-7
82	82	TERMINED BY REFERENCE TO NATIONAL 8
83	83	FIREARMS ACT. 9
84	84	Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 10
85	85	is amended by adding at the end the following: 11
86	86	‘‘(f) S
87	87	HORT-BARRELEDSHOTGUNREQUIREMENTS 12
88	88	D
89	89	ETERMINED BYREFERENCE.—In the case of any short- 13
90	90	barreled shotgun registration or licensing requirement 14
91	91	under State or local law which is determined by reference 15
92	92	to the National Firearms Act, any person who acquires 16
93	93	or possesses such a shotgun in accordance with chapter 17
94	94	44 of title 18, United States Code, shall be treated as 18
95	95	meeting any such registration or licensing requirement 19
96	96	with respect to such shotgun.’’. 20
97	97	SEC. 5. PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS IN RELA-21
98	98	TION TO SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUNS. 22
99	99	Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is 23
100	100	amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Notwith-24
101	101	standing the preceding sentence, a law of a State or a 25
102	102	political subdivision of a State that imposes a tax, other 26
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105	105	•HR 151 IH
106	106	than a generally applicable sales or use tax, on making, 1
107	107	transferring, using, possessing, or transporting a short- 2
108	108	barreled shotgun in or affecting interstate or foreign com-3
109	109	merce, or imposes a marking, recordkeeping or registra-4
110	110	tion requirement with respect to such a shotgun, shall 5
111	111	have no force or effect.’’. 6
112	112	SEC. 6. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. 7
113	113	(a) I
114	114	NGENERAL.—Not later than 365 days after the 8
115	115	date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 9
116	116	shall destroy any registration of an applicable shotgun 10
117	117	maintained in the National Firearms Registration and 11
118	118	Transfer Record pursuant to section 5841 of the Internal 12
119	119	Revenue Code of 1986, any application to transfer filed 13
120	120	under section 5812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 14
121	121	that identifies the transferee of an applicable shotgun, and 15
122	122	any application filed under section 5822 of the Internal 16
123	123	Revenue Code of 1986 that identifies the maker of an ap-17
124	124	plicable shotgun. 18
125	125	(b) A
126	126	PPLICABLESHOTGUN.—For purposes of this 19
127	127	section, the term ‘‘applicable shotgun’’ means any shot-20
128	128	gun— 21
129	129	(1) described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 22
130	130	5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 23
131	131	in effect on the day before the enactment of this 24
132	132	Act), or 25
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136	136	(2) treated as destructive device under 5845(f) 1
137	137	of such Code (as in effect on the day before the en-2
138	138	actment of this Act) and not so treated under such 3
139	139	section as in effect immediately after such date. 4
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