S. 1162 119th Congress Senate

SHORT Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of fi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 27, 2025 Introduced by: Roger Marshall Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov

Taxation

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Mar 27, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Jul 9, 2003	Senate · vote #266	On the Motion to Table S. 1162	Agreed To	51–45	See who voted →

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
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Lobbying activity 14

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
for NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
14 filings
SENATE
14 filings
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
11 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
11 filings
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 23