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Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015

Introduced: December 10, 2015 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Jan 15, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Dec 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Dec 11, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Dec 10, 2015

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

Dec 10, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on the sale of firearms by manufacturers, producers, or importers, to: (1) increase the rate of such tax to 20% on pistols, revolvers, and other firearms and on any lower frame or receiver for a firearm; and (2) impose a 50% tax on shells and cartridges. The bill exempts any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States from such tax.

The bill allocates revenues from the increased excise tax under this Act for law enforcement and public safety grant programs, including programs for research on gun violence and its prevention.

The bill: (1) increases the occupational tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms; and (2) modifies the definition of "firearm" for excise tax purposes to include a semiautomatic pistol chambered for cartridges and configured with receivers commonly associated with rifles and capable of accepting detachable magazines.

What's happening now March 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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