H.R.7366 - No User Fees for Gun Owners Act was cosponsored by Lauren Boebert, Dan Crenshaw, Jake Ellzey, Randy Weber, Roger Williams, Doug Lamborn, Adrian Smith, Mary Miller, Tracey Mann, Steube W., Ralph Norman, Tom Cole, Mike Bost, Eric Crawford, Don Bacon, Joe Wilson, John Rose, Jefferson Van Drew, Alexander Mooney, Markwayne Mullin, Yvette Herrell, Bob Good, John Moolenaar, Randy Feenstra, Ken Buck, Beth Van Duyne, Mo Brooks, August Pfluger and Richard Hudson.
It was referred to the Ways and Means, Judiciary committees.
This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing any insurance requirement, tax, user fee, or similar charge as a condition of the manufacture importation, acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm or ammunition, with the exception of a proportionate sales tax.
The bill imposes the same prohibition under the Internal Revenue Code for firearms, pistols, or revolvers, but allows for the assessment of a proportionate sales tax.
117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce.
April 1, 2022
Mr. Jackson (for himself, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Mann, Mr. Steube, Mr. Norman, Mr. Cole, Mr. Bost, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Rose, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Feenstra, and Mr. Buck) introduced the following bill; which was 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
To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “No User Fees for Gun Owners Act”.
SEC. 2. Ban on imposition of State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement as a condition of firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce.
Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting “(a) In general.—Except as provided in subsection (b),” before “No”; and
(2) by adding after and below the end the following:
“(b) No State or local insurance, tax, or user fee required as a condition of gun or ammunition ownership or commerce.—A State, or unit of local government of a State, may not impose any insurance requirement, or any tax, user fee, or other similar charge, as a condition of the manufacture, importation, acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm or ammunition, except that a generally applicable sales tax may be assessed against firearms or ammunition in the same proportion to which the tax applies to other goods or services.”.
SEC. 3. Limitation on conditions of gun ownership or commerce.
Part I of subchapter B of chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 5848 the following new section:
“SEC. 5848A. Limitation on conditions of gun ownership.
“(a) In general.—A State, or unit of local government of a State, may not impose any insurance requirement, or any tax, user fee, or other similar charge, as a condition of the manufacture, importation, acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm, pistol, or revolver, except that a generally applicable sales tax may be assessed against firearms, pistols, or revolvers in the same proportion to which the tax applies to other goods or services.
“(b) Firearm, pistol, revolver.—The terms ‘firearm’, ‘pistol’, and ‘revolver’ shall have the same meaning as when used in part III of subchapter D of chapter 32.”.
You can read the bill here.
