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HR 226 113th Congress House

Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for surrendering to authorities certain assault weapons.

Introduced: February 15, 2013 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Taxation Firearms and explosivesIncome tax credits
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 14, 2013
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 Latest action January 14, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to elect a tax credit of $2,000 for surrendering a specified assault weapon, as defined by this Act, as part of a public safety program to reduce the number of privately owned weapons. Terminates such credit two years after the enactment of this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 15, 2013
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 6, 2013
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 6, 2013
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Jan 21, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Jan 21, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-226/
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"H.R. 226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-226/.
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H.R. 226, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-226/.
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