Reconciliation bill: Senate finance committee's portion restores SHORT Act provisions

The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance released its portion of the Senate version of the Reconciliation Bill on June 16. Late last month, the U.S. House passed a version of the Reconciliation Bill, which included Section 2 of the Hearing Protection Act, which would remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act (NFA).

In the portion that was just released by the U.S. Senate, they have included provisions of the SHORT Act, which is sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), as well as several conforming amendments that would help ease confusion arising from removing these items from the NFA.

This new language would not only remove the onerous $200 federal excise tax, registry, and paperwork currently imposed on suppressors, but would also remove those same requirements for short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and “any other weapons” as defined by the NFA.

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In addition, the new conforming amendments would prevent states that regulate NFA items from imposing restrictions based on existing state laws requiring federal registration.

This new language would be a massive victory for NRA members and law-abiding gun owners everywhere! But the U.S. Senate is still considering changes to the bill and your Senators need to hear from you!

Call your U.S. Senators at 202-224-3121 today and urge them to keep these provisions to remove the unconstitutional and punitive tax on NFA items in the Reconciliation Bill.

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