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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 385 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or |
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| 6 | 6 | | user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY17, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. J |
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| 10 | 10 | | ACKSONof Texas (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. CREN- |
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| 11 | 11 | | SHAW, Mr. BACON, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | L |
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| 13 | 13 | | AMBORN, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | B |
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| 15 | 15 | | ABIN, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. BUCK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WILSONof South |
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| 16 | 16 | | Carolina, Mr. H |
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| 17 | 17 | | UDSON, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ROSE, Mr. GOODENof Texas, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and Ms. V |
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| 19 | 19 | | ANDUYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 20 | 20 | | to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee |
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| 21 | 21 | | on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 23 | 23 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 24 | 24 | | A BILL |
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| 25 | 25 | | To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insur- |
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| 26 | 26 | | ance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammu- |
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| 27 | 27 | | nition ownership or commerce. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No User Fees for Gun 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Owners Act’’. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | •HR 385 IH |
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| 36 | 36 | | SEC. 2. BAN ON IMPOSITION OF STATE OR LOCAL LIABIL-1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ITY INSURANCE, TAX, OR USER FEE REQUIRE-2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | MENT AS A CONDITION OF FIREARM OR AM-3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | MUNITION OWNERSHIP OR COMMERCE. 4 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is 5 |
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| 41 | 41 | | amended— 6 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) I |
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| 43 | 43 | | NGENERAL.—Except as 7 |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided in subsection (b),’’ before ‘‘No’’; and 8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) by adding after and below the end the fol-9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(b) N |
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| 48 | 48 | | OSTATE ORLOCALINSURANCE, TAX, OR 11 |
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| 49 | 49 | | U |
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| 50 | 50 | | SERFEEREQUIRED AS ACONDITION OFGUN ORAM-12 |
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| 51 | 51 | | MUNITIONOWNERSHIP ORCOMMERCE.—A State, or unit 13 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of local government of a State, may not impose any insur-14 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ance requirement, or any tax, user fee, or other similar 15 |
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| 54 | 54 | | charge, as a condition of the manufacture, importation, 16 |
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| 55 | 55 | | acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm 17 |
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| 56 | 56 | | or ammunition, except that a generally applicable sales tax 18 |
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| 57 | 57 | | may be assessed against firearms or ammunition in the 19 |
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| 58 | 58 | | same proportion to which the tax applies to other goods 20 |
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| 59 | 59 | | or services.’’. 21 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CONDITIONS OF GUN OWNERSHIP 22 |
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| 61 | 61 | | OR COMMERCE. 23 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Part I of subchapter B of chapter 53 of the Internal 24 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after sec-25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tion 5848 the following new section: 26 |
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| 67 | 67 | | •HR 385 IH |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘SEC. 5848A. LIMITATION ON CONDITIONS OF GUN OWNER-1 |
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| 69 | 69 | | SHIP. 2 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 71 | 71 | | NGENERAL.—A State, or unit of local govern-3 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ment of a State, may not impose any insurance require-4 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ment, or any tax, user fee, or other similar charge, as a 5 |
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| 74 | 74 | | condition of the manufacture, importation, acquisition, 6 |
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| 75 | 75 | | transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm, pistol, or 7 |
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| 76 | 76 | | revolver, except that a generally applicable sales tax may 8 |
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| 77 | 77 | | be assessed against firearms, pistols, or revolvers in the 9 |
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| 78 | 78 | | same proportion to which the tax applies to other goods 10 |
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| 79 | 79 | | or services. 11 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(b) F |
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| 81 | 81 | | IREARM, PISTOL, REVOLVER.—The terms 12 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘firearm’, ‘pistol’, and ‘revolver’ shall have the same mean-13 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ing as when used in part III of subchapter D of chapter 14 |
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| 84 | 84 | | 32.’’. 15 |
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