US Congress House Bill 155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 78-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Removes silencers from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act. The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer. The bill also revises the definition of firearm silencer and firearm muffler under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category.

Hearing Protection Act

Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]
Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. James Comer [R-KY]
Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Gary Palmer [R-AL]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]
Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]
Rep. Warren Davidson [R-OH]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Michael Cloud [R-TX]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Russ Fulcher [R-ID]
Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]
Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]
Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. William Timmons [R-SC]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]
Rep. Tom Tiffany [R-WI]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-01-03	House	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.
2019-01-03	House	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.
2019-01-03	House	Introduced in House

SB817 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB775 (Related) 2019-03-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
SB202 (Related) 2019-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/155/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr155/BILLS-116hr155ih.pdf