,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,duncan 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,north       
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,brecheen1 ,mr4 ,buck1  
,mrs4 ,cammack1 ,mr4 ,cline1 ,mr4       
,cloud1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,davidson1 
,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,good of ,virginia1   
,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,guest1 ,mr4 ,harris1 
,mrs4 ,harshbarger1 ,mr4 ,hern1 ,mr4    
,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1
 ,mr4 ,la,turner1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,mrs4     
,miller of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,mooney1 ,mr4
 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4          
,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,rosendale1 ,mr4   
,roy1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,mr4  
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4        
,timmons1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4   
,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 and ,mr4   
,womack7 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     
amend the ,internal ,revenue ,code of   
#aihf to remove short-barreled shotguns 
from the definition of firearms for     
purposes of the ,national ,firearms     
,act1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,frivolous ,application for     
,short-,barreled ,shotguns ,act or as   
the ,,nfa ,,sbs ,act4  #b4              
,short-barreled shotguns  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #ehde7;a7 of the       
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended--  7#a7 by striking 7#a7 a      
shotgun having a barrel or barrels of   
less than #ah inches in length2 7#b7 a  
weapon made from a shotgun if such      
weapon as modified has an overall length
 of less than #bf inches or a barrel or 
barrels of less than #ah inches in      
length2 7#c7 and inserting 7#a71 and    
7#b7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#d7   

through 7#h7 as paragraphs 7#b7 through 
7#f71 respectively4  7b7 ,shotguns not  
treated as destructive devices ,section 
#edhe7;f7 of such ,code is amended by   
striking except a shotgun or shotgun    
shell which the ,secretary finds is     
generally recognized as particularly    
suitable for sporting purposes and      
inserting except shotgun shells and any 
weapon that is designed to shoot shotgun
 shells4  7c7 ,effective date ,the      
amendment made by this section shall    
apply to calendar quarters beginning    
more than #ij days after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4  #c4           
,elimination of disparate treatment of  
short-barreled shotguns used for lawful 
purposes ,section #ibb of title #ah1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended in    
each of subsections 7a77#d7 and 7b77#d7 
by striking short-barreled shotgun14    
#d4 ,treatment of short-barreled        
shotguns determined by reference to     
,national ,firearms ,act ,section #ehda 
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf

 is amended by adding at the end the    
following3  7f7 ,short-,barreled shotgun
 requirements determined by reference   
,in the case of any short-barreled      
shotgun registration or licensing       
requirement under ,state or local law   
which is determined by reference to the 
,national ,firearms ,act1 any person who
 acquires or possesses such a shotgun in
 accordance with chapter #dd of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall be    
treated as meeting any such registration
 or licensing requirement with respect  
to such shotgun4  4  #e4 ,preemption of 
certain ,state laws in relation to      
short-barreled shotguns ,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    
that imposes a tax1 other than a        
generally applicable sales or use tax1  
on making1 transferring1 using1         
possessing1 or transporting a           

short-barreled shotgun in or affecting  
interstate or foreign commerce1 or      
imposes a marking1 recordkeeping or     
registration requirement with respect to
 such a shotgun1 shall have no force or 
effect44  #f4 ,destruction of records   
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #cfe    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall 
destroy any registration of an          
applicable shotgun maintained in the    
,national ,firearms ,registration and   
,transfer ,record pursuant to section   
#ehda of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of
 #aihf1 any application to transfer     
filed under section #ehab of the        
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf that  
identifies the transferee of an         
applicable shotgun1 and any application 
filed under section #ehbb of the        
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf that  
identifies the maker of an applicable   
shotgun4  7b7 ,applicable shotgun ,for  
purposes of this section1 the term      
applicable shotgun means any shotgun--  

7#a7 described in paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7
 of section #ehde7;a7 of the ,internal  
,revenue ,code of #aihf 7as in effect on
 the day before the enactment of this   
,act71 or  7#b7 treated as destructive  
device under #ehde7;f7 of such ,code 7as
 in effect on the day before the        
enactment of this ,act7 and not so      
treated under such section as in effect 
immediately after such date4