,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjag,mr4 ,duncan of ,south ,carolina   
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4       
,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,biggs1
 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4        
,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4           
,westerman1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,chaffetz1
 ,mr4 ,hensarling1 ,mr4 ,carter of      
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,labrador1 ,mr4 ,brooks  
of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4 ,brat1 ,mr4     
,abraham1 ,mr4 ,palmer1 ,mrs4 ,love1    
,mr4 ,bridenstine1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4  
,marshall1 ,mr4 ,emmer1 ,mr4 ,ratcliffe1
 ,mr4 ,jody ,b4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 
,buck1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4      
,messer1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west          
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,de,santis1 ,mr4        
,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1    
,mr4 ,graves of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1
 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,rogers of        
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4       

,massie1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4      
,gohmert1 and ,mr4 ,yoder7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on the
 ,judiciary1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide that silencers be
 treated the same as long guns4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,hearing ,protection ,act of #bjag4 
#b4 ,equal treatment of silencers and   
firearms  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#ehde7;a7 of the ,internal ,revenue     
,code of #aihf is amended by striking   
7#g7 any silencer and all that follows  
through 2 and 7#h7 and inserting 2 and  
7#g74  7b7 ,effective date  7#a7 ,in    
general ,except as otherwise provided in
 this subsection1 the amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4     

7#b7 ,transfers ,in the case of the tax 
imposed by section #ehaa of such ,code1 
the amendment made by this section shall
 apply with respect to transfers after  
,october #bb1 #bjae4  #c4 ,treatment of 
certain silencers ,section #ehda of the 
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7f7 ,firearm silencers ,a   
person acquiring or possessing a firearm
 silencer in accordance with ,chapter   
#dd of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1
 shall be treated as meeting any        
registration and licensing requirements 
of the ,national ,firearms ,act 7as in  
effect on the day before the date of the
 enactment of this subsection7 with     
respect to such silencer4  4  #d4       
,preemption of certain ,state laws in   
relation to firearm silencers ,section  
#ibg of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3 ,notwithstanding the     
preceding sentence1 a law of a ,state or
 a political subdivision of a ,state    

that1 as a condition of lawfully making1
 transferring1 using1 possessing1 or    
transporting a firearm silencer in or   
affecting interstate or foreign         
commerce1 imposes a tax on any such     
conduct1 or a marking1 recordkeeping or 
registration requirement with respect to
 the firearm silencer1 shall have no    
force or effect44