NFA SBS Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled shotguns from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Frivolous Application for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act NFA SBS Act 2. Short-barreled shotguns (a) In general Section 5845(a) (1) by striking (1) a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (2) a weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (3) (1) (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively. (b) Shotguns not treated as destructive devices Section 5485(f) of such Code is amended by striking except a shotgun or shotgun shell which the Secretary finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes except shotgun shells and any weapon that is designed to shoot shotgun shells (c) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Elimination of disparate treatment of short-barreled shotguns used for lawful purposes Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in each of subsections (a)(4) and (b)(4) by striking short-barreled shotgun, 4. Treatment of short-barreled shotguns determined by reference to National Firearms Act Section 5841 (f) Short-Barreled shotgun requirements determined by reference In the case of any short-barreled shotgun registration or licensing requirement under State or local law which is determined by reference to the National Firearms Act, any person who acquires or possesses such a shotgun in accordance with chapter 44 . 5. Preemption of certain State laws in relation to short-barreled shotguns Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a law of a State or a political subdivision of a State that imposes a tax, other than a generally applicable sales or use tax, on making, transferring, using, possessing, or transporting a short-barreled shotgun in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or imposes a marking, recordkeeping or registration requirement with respect to such a shotgun, shall have no force or effect. 6. Destruction of records (a) In general Not later than 365 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall destroy any registration of an applicable shotgun maintained in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record pursuant to section 5841 section 5812 section 5822 (b) Applicable shotgun For purposes of this section, the term applicable shotgun (1) described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 5845(a) (2) treated as destructive device under 5845(f) of such Code (as in effect on the day before the enactment of this Act) and not so treated under such section as in effect immediately after such date.

Summary: No Frivolous Application for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act or the NFA SBS Act This bill removes certain short-barreled shotguns from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the sale or transportation of such shotguns in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled shotgun as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such shotguns where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled shotguns. The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of shotguns described by this bill within one year after the enactment of this bill.