No Backdoor Gun Control Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6817
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2022-02-22
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Backdoor Gun Control Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill removes the category of <em>any other weapon</em> from the definition of firearm under the National Firearms Act. </p> <p>The bill treats persons who acquire or possess any other weapon as meeting registration or licensing requirements under the National Firearms Act. </p> <p>The bill requires the Department of Justice to destroy any records relating to the registration of any other weapon not later than one year after the enactment of this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6817 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Backdoor Gun Control Act of 2022 . 2. Removing certain weapons from the definition 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 defined 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. 3. Treatment of weapons determined by reference 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 determined by reference In the case of registration or licensing 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 registration or licensing requirement with respect to such weapon. . 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 transferee 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 section, the term applicable weapon has the meaning given the term any other weapon in section 5845 of such Code.