Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2023
HR 4283 increases the federal excise tax on firearm sales by 0.5 percentage points to fund gun violence prevention efforts. The bill creates a new Gun Violence Prevention Trust Fund, allocating tax revenue to four specific accounts: community violence prevention programs (via the Department of Justice), gun violence research (at CDC and NIH), hate crimes data collection and enforcement (per the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act), and firearm forensics (via ATF). It also adjusts existing occupational and transfer taxes on firearms for inflation starting in 2024. The tax increase applies to all firearms, frames, and receivers (with limited manufacturer exemptions), directly affecting firearm manufacturers, importers, and federal agencies managing the fund.
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in committee
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Introduction
Jun 2023
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Introduced Jun 22, 2023
Last action Jun 23, 2023
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Jun 23, 2023
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
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Jun 22, 2023
Committee
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.
lower
Jun 22, 2023
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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