US Congress Senate Bill 59 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hearing Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person who pays a transfer tax on a silencer after January 9, 2017, may receive a refund of such tax. The bill amends the federal criminal code to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers.

Hearing Protection Act of 2017

Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL]
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.
HB3139 (Related) 2017-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB3668 (Related) 2017-09-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/59/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s59/BILLS-115s59is.pdf