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Adds a new subsection (f) to 26 U.S.C. §5841 providing that a person acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer in accordance with Title 18, U.S. Code, shall be treated as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this subsection) with respect to that silencer.
Amends 18 U.S.C. 921(a) by—in paragraph (3), striking "(C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D)" and inserting "or (C)"; and by striking paragraph (24).
Amends 18 U.S.C. 924 by—(1) in subsection (c): (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) by striking ";"; and (B) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii) by striking ";"; and (2) in subsection (o), by striking "."
Amends 18 U.S.C. 926B(e)(3) by—(1) in subparagraph (A), adding at the end "and"; (2) striking subparagraph (B); and (3) redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
Amends 18 U.S.C. 926C(e)(1)(C) by—(1) in clause (i), adding at the end "and"; and (2) striking clause (ii).
Adds a proviso to the end of 18 U.S.C. 927 stating that state or local laws that, as a condition of lawfully making, transferring, using, possessing, or transporting a firearm silencer in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, impose a tax or a marking, recordkeeping, or registration requirement with respect to the silencer shall have no force or effect.
Strikes the clause '(7) any silencer' and all that follows through and inserts '; and (8)', thereby removing the explicit inclusion of silencers from the definition of 'firearm' in 26 U.S.C. §5845(a).
This bill would treat gun silencers like regular firearm accessories. It would remove silencers from federal rules that require special registration, licensing, and background checks under the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act. It also says the change takes effect once the bill becomes law.
The bill would block state or local rules that tax or require marking, recordkeeping, or registration for silencers, so those rules would no longer apply. It would also end certain mandatory minimum prison sentences tied to using a silencer during a violent or drug crime and allow active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer. Overall, the goal is to make buying, selling, and owning a silencer similar to other common gun accessories.
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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.
Introduced January 31, 2025 by Michael Cloud · Last progress January 31, 2025
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.
Introduced in House
