Bill Details
HR.2442 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-27 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-03-27
Policy Area
Taxation
Committees
View committees (1)
Sponsors
Cosponsors
5
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This bill would stop states and local governments from charging excise taxes on the sale of firearms, ammunition, or gun parts when those sales are made by manufacturers or dealers in interstate or foreign commerce. In simple terms, it would block special state-level taxes on gun and ammunition businesses for those kinds of sales. The bill also says it should not change a separate federal wildlife funding law that already applies to firearms and ammunition.
- States and their local governments would be barred from collecting an excise tax on sales of firearms, ammunition, or firearm or ammunition parts and components.
- The ban would apply to sales made by manufacturers or dealers when the sales are connected to interstate or foreign commerce.
- The bill says it does not affect the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, which helps fund wildlife conservation through existing federal rules.
Official Summaries
Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025
This bill prohibits a state or any political subdivision of a state from imposing or collecting an excise tax on the sale of a firearm, ammunition, or any part or component of a firearm or ammunition by a manufacture or dealer.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2442 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2442
To prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers
and dealers.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Issa (for himself, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. LaMalfa) 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
2025''.
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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