US Congress House Bill 3018 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-10-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on the sale of firearms by manufacturers, producers, or importers, to: (1) increase the rate of such tax to 20% on pistols, revolvers, and other firearms and on any lower frame or receiver for a firearm; and (2) impose a 50% tax on shells and cartridges. Exempts any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States from such tax. Allocates revenues from the increased excise tax under this Act for law enforcement and public safety grant programs, including programs for research on gun violence and its prevention. Increases the occupational tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms. Modifies the definition of "firearm" for excise tax purposes to include a semiautomatic pistol chambered for cartridges and configured with receivers commonly associated with rifles and capable of accepting detachable magazines.

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013

Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]

Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2013-09-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2013-08-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2013-08-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-08-02	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-08-02	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-08-02	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-08-02	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2013-08-02	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-08-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3018/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3018/BILLS-113hr3018ih.pdf