Hearing Protection Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hearing Protection Act
This bill removes silencers from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act.
The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer.
The bill also revises the definitions of firearm silencer and firearm muffler under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2023 to Jun 3, 2024; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-OH | J. D. Vance | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Feb 16, 2023 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Mar 7, 2023 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Jun 3, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12173 | Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax (FAET) | Resource | Feb 6, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 152 | Hearing Protection Act | Related bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
| S 2050 | Hearing Protection Act | Reintroduction of | Jun 15, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Hearing Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
