H.R. 155: Hearing Protection Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-03 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Hearing Protection Act

Plain summary

Hearing Protection Act This bill removes silencers from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act. The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer. The bill also revises the definition of firearm silencer and firearm muffler under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category.

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Official text

Hearing Protection Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] · 77 cosponsors

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Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), James Comer (R-KY), Steve Womack (R-AR), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), David Kustoff (R-TN), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), J. French Hill (R-AR), Andy Barr (R-KY), Michael Cloud (R-TX), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Russ Fulcher (R-ID) and 17 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr155.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr155 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116