H.R. 8957 · 117th Congress
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
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DeSaulnier21 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill increases by .5% the excise tax on firearms, including pistols, revolvers, and shells and cartridges. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Trust Fund into which the increased tax revenues are deposited to fund gun violence prevention programs.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 22, 2022
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
This bill increases by .5% the excise tax on firearms, including pistols, revolvers, and shells and cartridges. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Trust Fund into which the increased tax revenues are deposited to fund gun violence prevention programs. The Trust Fund creates separate accounts for violence prevention, gun violence research, hate crimes data collection and enforcement, and firearm forensics.
The bill also requires an inflation adjustment to the amount of the special tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
Latest action (Nov 1, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 22, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.