118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4283Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2023

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase certain taxes related to firearms, and for other purposes.

Taxation
Introduced Jun 22, 2023
Last action Jun 23, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jun 22, 2023
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Referred
Jun 23, 2023
E&C · Judiciary · Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 5 actions
Jun 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in House
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
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
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.