Bill > S1505

Introduced Session

SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code: (1) to remove silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation under the National Firearms Act (NFA), and (2) to specify that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the federal criminal code meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA. Additionally, the bill amends the federal criminal code: to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers, to exclude a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation, to eliminate mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer, and to permit active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer.

Committee Categories

Mike Lee (R)*,  John Cornyn (R),  Mike Crapo (R),  Ted Cruz (R),  Orrin Hatch (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  Rand Paul (R),  David Perdue (R),  Jim Risch (R),  Luther Strange (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 06/29/2017)

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