Federal

No User Fees for Gun Owners Act

Source: Congress.gov · 647 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill prevents states and local governments from requiring people to buy liability insurance (a type of coverage that protects against harm caused to others) before owning or selling firearms and ammunition. The bill also stops states and local governments from charging special taxes or user fees (money paid for using a service) on gun and ammunition ownership or sales, though regular sales taxes can still apply.

Who It Affects

States and local governments; people who own, buy, sell or import firearms and ammunition; manufacturers of firearms and ammunition.

Key Provisions

• States and local governments cannot require someone to buy liability insurance as a condition of owning, making, importing, buying, selling or transferring a firearm or ammunition (Sec. 2) • States and local governments cannot charge special taxes, user fees or similar charges based on firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce (Sec. 2) • Regular sales taxes that apply equally to all other goods and services may still be charged on firearms and ammunition (Sec. 2) • The same insurance, tax and user fee restrictions apply to pistols and revolvers specifically (Sec. 3)

What Changes

Federal law will prohibit states and local governments from imposing liability insurance requirements, special taxes, or user fees related to firearm and ammunition ownership or sales if this bill becomes law.

Important Definitions

None defined in the bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 385 To ban the imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 17, 2023 Mr. JACKSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. CREN- SHAW, Mr. BACON, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. BABIN, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. BUCK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ROSE, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, and Ms. VAN DUYNE) 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 ban the imposition of any State or local liability insur- ance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammu- nition ownership or commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No User Fees for Gun 4 Owners Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Jan 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H385.IH H385 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 385 IH SEC. 2. BAN ON IMPOSITION OF STATE OR LOCAL LIABIL- 1 ITY INSURANCE, TAX, OR USER FEE REQUIRE- 2 MENT AS A CONDITION OF FIREARM OR AM- 3 MUNITION OWNERSHIP OR COMMERCE. 4 Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is 5 amended— 6 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as 7 provided in subsection (b),’’ before ‘‘No’’; and 8 (2) by adding after and below the end the fol- 9 lowing: 10 ‘‘(b) NO STATE OR LOCAL INSURANCE, TAX, OR 11 USER FEE REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF GUN OR AM- 12 MUNITION OWNERSHIP OR COMMERCE.—A State, or unit 13 of local government of a State, may not impose any insur- 14 ance requirement, or any tax, user fee, or other similar 15 charge, as a condition of the manufacture, importation, 16 acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm 17 or ammunition, except that a generally applicable sales tax 18 may be assessed against firearms or ammunition in the 19 same proportion to which the tax applies to other goods 20 or services.’’. 21 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CONDITIONS OF GUN OWNERSHIP 22 OR COMMERCE. 23 Part I of subchapter B of chapter 53 of the Internal 24 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after sec- 25 tion 5848 the following new section: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Jan 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H385.IH H385 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 385 IH ‘‘SEC. 5848A. LIMITATION ON CONDITIONS OF GUN OWNER- 1 SHIP. 2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State, or unit of local govern- 3 ment of a State, may not impose any insurance require- 4 ment, or any tax, user fee, or other similar charge, as a 5 condition of the manufacture, importation, acquisition, 6 transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm, pistol, or 7 revolver, except that a generally applicable sales tax may 8 be assessed against firearms, pistols, or revolvers in the 9 same proportion to which the tax applies to other goods 10 or services. 11 ‘‘(b) FIREARM, PISTOL, REVOLVER.—The terms 12 ‘firearm’, ‘pistol’, and ‘revolver’ shall have the same mean- 13 ing as when used in part III of subchapter D of chapter 14 32.’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Jan 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H385.IH H385 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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