US Congress House Bill 5103 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2018 This bill 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. The bill exempts any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States from such tax. The bill allocates revenues from the increased excise tax under this bill for law enforcement and public safety grant programs, including programs for research on gun violence and its prevention. The bill: (1) increases the occupational tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms; and (2) 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 2018

Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2018-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2018-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2018-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2018-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2018-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2018-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2018-02-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5103/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5103/BILLS-115hr5103ih.pdf