Hearing Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 404 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 404 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2025 Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Estes, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Bean of Florida, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Owens, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Luna, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Perry, Mr. Bost, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Collins, Mr. Graves, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Crank, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Womack, Mr. Babin, Ms. Maloy, and Mr. Comer) 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 silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes. 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 ``Hearing Protection Act''. SEC. 2. EQUAL TREATMENT OF SILENCERS AND FIREARMS. (a) In General.--Section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``(7) any silencer'' and all that follows through ``; and (8)'' and inserting ``and (7)''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section