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HR 5135 118th Congress House Taxation

Assault Weapons Excise Act

Introduced: August 4, 2023 Introduced by: Beyer, Donald S. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 4, 2023
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Assault Weapons Excise Act

This bill imposes an additional 1000% excise tax on large capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons. It exempts from such additional tax devices and weapons acquired by the United States or by a state or local government.

What's happening now August 4, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 20
D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Aug 22, 2023
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Aug 8, 2023
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Aug 4, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Aug 4, 2023
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Aug 4, 2023
Lee, Barbara
· Aug 4, 2023
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Aug 4, 2023
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 4, 2023
Porter, Katie
· Aug 4, 2023
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Aug 4, 2023
Ruppersberger, C.
· Aug 4, 2023
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Aug 4, 2023
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Aug 4, 2023
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Aug 4, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5135: Assault Weapons Excise Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5135/
MLA
"H.R. 5135: Assault Weapons Excise Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5135/.
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H.R. 5135, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5135/.
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