US Congress House Bill 3139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-0)
Status: Introduced on June 29 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-24 - 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]

Hearing Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code: (1) to remove silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation under the National Firearms Act (NFA), and (2) to specify that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the federal criminal code meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA. Additionally, the bill amends the federal criminal code: to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers, to exclude a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation, to eliminate mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer, and to permit active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer.

Hearing Protection Act of 2017

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]
Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-06-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2017-06-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2017-06-29	House	Introduced in House

HB367 (Related) 2017-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
SB1505 (Related) 2017-06-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB59 (Related) 2017-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3668 (Related) 2017-09-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3139/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3139/BILLS-115hr3139ih.pdf