S. 1436 119th Congress Senate

Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: Joni Ernst Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

Taxation

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Apr 10, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Apr 10, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

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Lobbying activity 7

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

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)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
7 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
7 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 filings
SENATE
7 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
1 filing

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1436: Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1436/

MLA

"S. 1436: Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1436/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 1436, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1436/.

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