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HR 4283 118th Congress House Taxation Crime prevention Criminal justice information and records Firearms and explosives Government trust funds Hate crimes Inflation and prices Sales and excise taxes Violent crime

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2023

Introduced: June 22, 2023 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jun 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Jun 22, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2023

This bill increases by .5% the excise tax on firearms, including pistols, revolvers, and shells and cartridges. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Trust Fund into which the increased tax revenues are deposited to fund gun violence prevention programs. The Trust Fund creates separate accounts for violence prevention, gun violence research, hate crimes data collection and enforcement, and firearm forensics.

The bill also requires an inflation adjustment to the amount of the special tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms.

What's happening now June 23, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

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