RIFLE Act

Bill: 117-hr-3101
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-11
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act or the RIFLE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals the excise tax on the transfer of firearms. The bill shall not be construed as placing any regulated firearms under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3101 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2021 Mrs. Hinson (for herself, Mr. Duncan , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Ms. Herrell , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Rosendale , Mr. Steube , Mr. Owens , Mr. Brooks , Mr. Perry , Mr. Norman , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Gallagher , Mr. Mooney , Mr. Keller , Mr. Budd , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Womack , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Crawford , Mrs. Wagner , Mr. Hudson , Mrs. Fischbach , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Feenstra , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Davidson , Mr. Babin , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Massie , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Young , Mr. Amodei , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Jordan , Mr. Zeldin , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Meijer , Mr. Mann , Mrs. McClain , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Pfluger , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Cawthorn , and Mr. Webster of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act or the RIFLE Act . 2. Repeal of certain taxes relating to firearms (a) Firearm transfer tax repealed Section 5811 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is hereby repealed. (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 4182(a) of such Code is hereby repealed. (2) Section 5846 of such Code is amended by striking , 5811, . (3) Section 5852 of such Code is amended by striking section 5811 each place it appears and inserting section 5811 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act ) . (4) Section 5853 of such Code is amended by striking section 5811 and inserting section 5811 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act ) . (5) Section 5854 of such Code is amended by striking section 5811 and inserting section 5811 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act ) . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to transfers after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to place any firearms regulated under Chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the National Firearms Act) under the jurisdiction of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.