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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6817 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove certain weapons 

from the definition of firearms for the purposes of the National Firearms 

Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 22, 2022 

Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BUDD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mrs. GREENE of 

Georgia, Mr. BUCK, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. HICE of Georgia, 

Mr. NORMAN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. 

HARSHBARGER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. 

VAN DREW, Mr. MASSIE, Mrs. FISCHBACH, and Mrs. MILLER of Illinois) 

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 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove 

certain weapons from the definition of firearms for the 

purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Backdoor Gun 

3 Control Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REMOVING CERTAIN WEAPONS FROM THE DEFINI5 TION OF FIREARMS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845(a) of the Internal 

7 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(5) any other weapon, as de9 fined in subsection (e);’’, and 

10 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

11 (8) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning 

14 more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act. 

16 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF WEAPONS DETERMINED BY REF17 ERENCE TO NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT. 

18 Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

19 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(f) ANY OTHER WEAPON REQUIREMENTS DETER21 MINED BY REFERENCE.—In the case of registration or li22 censing requirement for any other weapon under State or 

23 local law which is determined by reference to the National 

24 Firearms Act, any person who acquires or possesses such 

25 a weapon in accordance with chapter 44 of title 18, United 

26 States Code, shall be treated as meeting any such registraVerDate Sep 11 2014 16:59 Mar 02, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6817.IH H6817

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1 tion or licensing requirement with respect to such weap2 on.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

6 shall destroy any registration of an applicable weapon 

7 maintained in the National Firearms Registration and 

8 Transfer Record pursuant to section 5841 of the Internal 

9 Revenue Code of 1986, any application to transfer filed 

10 under section 5812 of such Code that identifies the trans11 feree of an applicable weapon, and any application to make 

12 filed under section 5822 of such Code that identifies the 

13 maker of an applicable weapon. 

14 (b) APPLICABLE WEAPON.—For purposes of this sec15 tion, the term ‘‘applicable weapon’’ has the meaning given 

16 the term ‘‘any other weapon’’ in section 5845 of such 

17 Code. 

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