S. 59: Hearing Protection Act of 2017
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S. 59: Hearing Protection Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-09 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Hearing Protection Act of 2017
Plain summary
Hearing Protection Act of 201 7 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person who pays a transfer tax on a silencer after January 9, 2017, may receive a refund of such tax. The bill amends the federal criminal code to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers.
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Official text
Hearing Protection Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · 18 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Jerry Moran (R-KS), Rand Paul (R-KY), John Cornyn (R-TX), James E. Risch (R-ID), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Boozman (R-AR)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s59.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s59 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115