Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9260 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9260

To prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers 
                              and dealers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2024

Mr. Issa (for himself, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Collins, Ms. Tenney, 
 Mr. Mills, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Duncan, 
  Mr. Womack, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Williams of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers 
                              and dealers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON STATE EXCISE TAXES.

    (a) In General.--A State, and any political subdivision thereof, 
may not levy or collect an excise tax on the sale of a firearm, 
ammunition, or a part or component of a firearm or ammunition by a 
manufacturer or dealer that occurs in or affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
construed to alter, modify, or otherwise affect the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.).
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