I 
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. TIF-
FANY, 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 com-
mittee 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Backdoor Gun 
Control Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. REMOVING CERTAIN WEAPONS FROM THE DEFINI-
TION OF FIREARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(5) any other weapon, as de-
fined in subsection (e);’’, and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(8) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively. 
(b) 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. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF WEAPONS DETERMINED BY REF-
ERENCE TO NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT. 
Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) ANY OTHER WEAPON REQUIREMENTS DETER-
MINED BY REFERENCE.—In the case of registration or li-
censing requirement for any other weapon under State or 
local law which is determined by reference to the National 
Firearms Act, any person who acquires or possesses such 
a weapon in accordance with chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, shall be treated as meeting any such registra-
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tion or licensing requirement with respect to such weap-
on.’’. 
SEC. 4. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall destroy any registration of an applicable weapon 
maintained in the National Firearms Registration and 
Transfer Record pursuant to section 5841 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, any application to transfer filed 
under section 5812 of such Code that identifies the trans-
feree of an applicable weapon, and any application to make 
filed under section 5822 of such Code that identifies the 
maker of an applicable weapon. 
(b) APPLICABLE WEAPON.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘applicable weapon’’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘any other weapon’’ in section 5845 of such 
Code. 
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