HR 943 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

No User Fees for Gun Owners Act

Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Ronny Jackson R-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 4, 2025 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.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No User Fees for Gun Owners Act

This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing any insurance requirement, tax, user fee, or similar charge on the manufacture, import, acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm or ammunition. The bill includes an exception for a generally applicable sales tax that is assessed against firearms or ammunition in the same proportion to which the tax applies to other goods or services.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXAugust PflugerOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-GAAustin ScottOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-VABen ClineOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-NCChuck EdwardsOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-NEDon BaconOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXJake EllzeyOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TNJohn W. RoseOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXLance GoodenOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-OHMichael A. RulliOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-GAMike CollinsOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-FLMike HaridopolosOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXMonica De La CruzOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXPat FallonOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-MNPete StauberOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-IARandy FeenstraOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-SCSheri BiggsOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-MTTroy DowningOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalFeb 4, 2025
R-WIDerrick Van OrdenFeb 5, 2025
R-INRudy Yakym IIIFeb 5, 2025
R-VAJohn J. McGuire IIIFeb 6, 2025
R-NCTim MooreFeb 10, 2025
R-LAClay HigginsFeb 11, 2025
R-FLVern BuchananFeb 12, 2025
R-LAJulia LetlowApr 1, 2025
R-WITony WiedMay 5, 2025
R-AZAbraham J. HamadehMay 15, 2025
R-KSDerek SchmidtOct 17, 2025

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 4, 2025
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 4, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 4, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 4, 2025Referred 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.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 23, February 4, 2025, page H460.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
No User Fees for Gun Owners Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 4, 2025Introduced in House

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