Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 646
5	5	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled
6	6	rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the defini-
7	7	tion of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for
8	8	other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	JANUARY31, 2023
11	11	Mr. C
12	12	LYDE(for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mrs. MILLERof
13	13	West Virginia, Mrs. M
14	14	ILLERof Illinois, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. CRAWFORD,
15	15	Ms. G
16	16	REENEof Georgia, Mr. OGLES, Mr. AUSTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr.
17	17	G
18	18	REENof Tennessee, Mr. HUNT, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr.
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20	20	OOLENAAR, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. MOOREof
21	21	Alabama, Mrs. L
22	22	UNA, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. WEB-
23	23	STERof Florida, Mr. FRY, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. NEHLS, Mr.
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25	25	ERRY, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. BABIN, Mr. DAVIDSON, and Mrs.
26	26	B
27	27	ICE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
28	28	on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary,
29	29	for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
30	30	for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
31	31	committee concerned
32	32	A BILL
33	33	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove
34	34	short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain
35	35	other weapons from the definition of firearms for pur-
36	36	poses of the National Firearms Act, and for other pur-
37	37	poses.
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 646 IH
43	43	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
44	44	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Harassing Own-2
45	45	ers of Rifles Today Act’’ or as the ‘‘SHORT Act’’. 3
46	46	SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FIREARM. 4
47	47	(a) I
48	48	NGENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 5845 of 5
49	49	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read 6
50	50	as follows: 7
51	51	‘‘(a) F
52	52	IREARM.— 8
53	53	‘‘(1) I
54	54	N GENERAL .—The term ‘firearm’ 9
55	55	means— 10
56	56	‘‘(A) a machinegun, 11
57	57	‘‘(B) any silencer (as defined in section 12
58	58	921 of title 18, United States Code), and 13
59	59	‘‘(C) a destructive device. 14
60	60	‘‘(2) E
61	61	XCEPTION.—The term ‘firearm’ shall not 15
62	62	include an antique firearm or any device (other than 16
63	63	a machinegun or destructive device) which, although 17
64	64	designed as a weapon, the Secretary finds by reason 18
65	65	of the date of its manufacture, value, design, and 19
66	66	other characteristics is primarily a collector’s item 20
67	67	and is not likely to be used as a weapon.’’. 21
68	68	(b) S
69	69	HOTGUNSNOTTREATED ASDESTRUCTIVEDE-22
70	70	VICES.—Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 23
71	71	1986 is amended by striking ‘‘except a shotgun or shotgun 24
72	72	shell which the Secretary finds is generally recognized as 25
73	73	particularly suitable for sporting purposes’’ and inserting 26
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76	76	•HR 646 IH
77	77	‘‘except shotgun shells and any weapon that is designed 1
78	78	to shoot shotgun shells’’. 2
79	79	(c) C
80	80	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 5811(a) of 3
81	81	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 4
82	82	‘‘, except, the transfer tax on any firearm classified as any 5
83	83	other weapon under section 5845(e) shall be at the rate 6
84	84	of $5 for each such firearm transferred’’. 7
85	85	(d) E
86	86	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 8
87	87	this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning 9
88	88	after the 90-day period that starts on the date of the en-10
89	89	actment of this Act. 11
90	90	SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF DISPARATE TREATMENT OF 12
91	91	SHORT-BARRELED RIFLES AND SHORT-BAR-13
92	92	RELED SHOTGUNS USED FOR LAWFUL PUR-14
93	93	POSES. 15
94	94	Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 16
95	95	amended— 17
96	96	(1) in subsection (a)(4)— 18
97	97	(A) by striking ‘‘, machinegun’’ and insert-19
98	98	ing ‘‘or machinegun’’; and 20
99	99	(B) by striking ‘‘short-barreled shotgun, or 21
100	100	short-barreled rifle,’’; and 22
101	101	(2) in subsection (b)(4)— 23
102	102	(A) by striking ‘‘, machinegun’’ and insert-24
103	103	ing ‘‘or machinegun’’; and 25
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107	107	(B) by striking ‘‘short-barreled shotgun, or 1
108	108	short-barreled rifle,’’. 2
109	109	SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF SHORT-BARRELED RIFLES, SHORT- 3
110	110	BARRELED SHOTGUNS, AND OTHER WEAP-4
111	111	ONS DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO NA-5
112	112	TIONAL FIREARMS ACT. 6
113	113	Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 7
114	114	is amended by adding at the end the following: 8
115	115	‘‘(f) R
116	116	EQUIREMENTS FOR SHORT-BARRELEDRI-9
117	117	FLES, SHORT-BARRELEDSHOTGUNS, ANDOTHERWEAP-10
118	118	ONSDETERMINED BY REFERENCE.—In the case of any 11
119	119	registration or licensing requirement under State or local 12
120	120	law with respect to a short-barreled rifle, short-barreled 13
121	121	shotgun, or any other weapon (as defined in section 14
122	122	5845(e)) which is determined by reference to the National 15
123	123	Firearms Act, any person who acquires or possesses such 16
124	124	rifle, shotgun, or other weapon in accordance with chapter 17
125	125	44 of title 18, United States Code, shall be treated as 18
126	126	meeting any such registration or licensing requirement 19
127	127	with respect to such rifle, shotgun, or other weapon.’’. 20
128	128	SEC. 5. PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS IN RELA-21
129	129	TION TO SHORT-BARRELED RIFLES AND 22
130	130	SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUNS. 23
131	131	Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is 24
132	132	amended— 25
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136	136	(1) by striking ‘‘No provision’’ and inserting 1
137	137	the following: 2
138	138	‘‘(a) I
139	139	NGENERAL.—No provision.’’; and 3
140	140	(2) by adding at the end the following: 4
141	141	‘‘(b) T
142	142	AXES ON SHORT-BARRELEDRIFLES OR 5
143	143	S
144	144	HORT-BARRELED SHOTGUNS.—Notwithstanding sub-6
145	145	section (a), a law of a State or a political subdivision of 7
146	146	a State that imposes a tax, other than a generally applica-8
147	147	ble sales or use tax, on making, transferring, using, pos-9
148	148	sessing, or transporting a short-barreled rifle or short-bar-10
149	149	reled shotgun in or affecting interstate or foreign com-11
150	150	merce, or imposes a marking, recordkeeping, or registra-12
151	151	tion requirement with respect to such a rifle or shotgun, 13
152	152	shall have no force or effect.’’. 14
153	153	SEC. 6. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. 15
154	154	(a) I
155	155	NGENERAL.—Not later than 365 days after the 16
156	156	date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 17
157	157	shall destroy— 18
158	158	(1) any registration of an applicable weapon 19
159	159	maintained in the National Firearms Registration 20
160	160	and Transfer Record pursuant to section 5841 of 21
161	161	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 22
162	162	(2) any application to transfer filed under sec-23
163	163	tion 5812 of such Code that identifies the transferee 24
164	164	of an applicable weapon, and 25
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168	168	(3) any application to make filed under section 1
169	169	5822 of such Code that identifies the maker of an 2
170	170	applicable weapon. 3
171	171	(b) A
172	172	PPLICABLEWEAPON.—For purposes of this sec-4
173	173	tion, the term ‘‘applicable weapon’’ means— 5
174	174	(1) a rifle, or weapon made from a rifle, de-6
175	175	scribed in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 5845(a) 7
176	176	of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect 8
177	177	on the day before the enactment of this Act), 9
178	178	(2) any shotgun— 10
179	179	(A) described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 11
180	180	section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 12
181	181	of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the en-13
182	182	actment of this Act), or 14
183	183	(B) treated as destructive device under 15
184	184	5845(f) of such Code (as in effect on the day 16
185	185	before the enactment of this Act) and not so 17
186	186	treated under such section as in effect imme-18
187	187	diately after such date, and 19
188	188	(3) any other weapon, as defined in section 20
189	189	5845(e) of such Code. 21
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