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Neutral Bill Mar 16, 2026

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

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/404

Jodey Arrington U.S. Representative Ben Cline U.S. Representative Sponsor Scott Fitzgerald U.S. Representative Cosponsor Patrick Fallon U.S. Representative Cosponsor Blake Moore U.S. Representative Cosponsor David Rouzer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jimmy Patronis U.S. Representative Cosponsor Matt Van Epps U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Aderholt U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brian Babin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Aaron Bean U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jack Bergman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gus Bilirakis U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Bost U.S. Representative Cosponsor Tim Burchett U.S. Representative Cosponsor Katherine Cammack U.S. Representative Cosponsor Earl Carter U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Collins U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Comer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jeff Crank U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ron Estes U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brad Finstad U.S. Representative Cosponsor Charles Fleischmann U.S. Representative Cosponsor Russ Fulcher U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sam Graves U.S. Representative Cosponsor H Griffith U.S. Representative Cosponsor Andy Harris U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kevin Hern U.S. Representative Cosponsor Richard Hudson U.S. Representative Cosponsor David Kustoff U.S. Representative Cosponsor Barry Loudermilk U.S. Representative Cosponsor Anna Luna U.S. Representative Cosponsor Celeste Maloy U.S. Representative Cosponsor Addison McDowell U.S. Representative Cosponsor John McGuire U.S. Representative Cosponsor Barry Moore U.S. Representative Cosponsor Riley Moore U.S. Representative Cosponsor Troy Nehls U.S. Representative Cosponsor Clarence Owens U.S. Representative Cosponsor Scott Perry U.S. Representative Cosponsor August Pfluger U.S. Representative Cosponsor Claudia Tenney U.S. Representative Cosponsor Glenn Thompson U.S. Representative Cosponsor William Timmons U.S. Representative Cosponsor Randy Weber U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Wittman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steve Womack U.S. Representative Cosponsor C Franklin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Erin Houchin U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Moolenaar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Russell Fry U.S. Representative Cosponsor Cory Mills U.S. Representative Cosponsor Paul Gosar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Ezell U.S. Representative Cosponsor Eric Burlison U.S. Representative Cosponsor Craig Goldman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Eli Crane U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Bresnahan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nancy Mace U.S. Representative Cosponsor Troy Balderson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Josh Brecheen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Michael Cloud U.S. Representative Cosponsor Byron Donalds U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Kelly U.S. Representative Cosponsor Laurel Lee U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mary Miller U.S. Representative Cosponsor Chip Roy U.S. Representative Cosponsor David Schweikert U.S. Representative Cosponsor Derrick Van Orden U.S. Representative Cosponsor Warren Davidson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Haridopolos U.S. Representative Cosponsor J Hill U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gregory Murphy U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Carter U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Kennedy U.S. Representative Cosponsor Guy Reschenthaler U.S. Representative Cosponsor Morgan Luttrell U.S. Representative Cosponsor

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