Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation would remove silencers from the National Firearms Act (NFA) controls.
Title: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Federal preemption: Firearms and explosives: Law enforcement officers: Licensing and registrations: Sales and excise taxes: State and local taxation
Description: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act 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.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: June 29, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1505/all-info
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10 sponsors: Mike Lee (R); Mike Crapo (R); James Risch (R); Ron Johnson (R); Rand Paul (R); John Cornyn (R); Orrin Hatch (R); Luther Strange (R); David Perdue (R); Ted Cruz (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 29 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 18 2017 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Finance
There have not been any votes on this bill