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SHORT Act

USA119th CongressS-1162| Senate 
| Updated: 3/27/2025
Roger Marshall

Roger Marshall

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (18)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Rick Scott (Republican)Katie Boyd Britt (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Tim Sheehy (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James C. Justice (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill significantly amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and Title 18 of the United States Code to deregulate short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons currently classified under the National Firearms Act (NFA). It removes these items from the NFA's definition of firearms, thereby eliminating federal registration requirements, transfer taxes, and specific prohibitions related to their interstate transport and transfer. The legislation also redefines "destructive device" to exclude shotguns and shotgun shells, ensuring weapons designed to shoot shotgun shells are not treated as such. Furthermore, the bill establishes federal preemption over state and local laws that impose taxes, marking, recordkeeping, or registration requirements on these specific weapons, beyond generally applicable sales or use taxes. It mandates that compliance with federal law regarding these weapons satisfies any NFA-referenced state or local registration or licensing requirements. Crucially, the Attorney General is directed to destroy all existing federal registration and transfer records for these newly deregulated short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and "any other weapons" within 365 days of the Act's enactment.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-163
SHORT Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4986
SHORT Act
Mar 27, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2395
Introduced in House
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-163
    SHORT Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4986
    SHORT Act


  • March 27, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2395
    Introduced in House


  • March 27, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 27, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 119-2395: SHORT Act

SHORT Act

USA119th CongressS-1162| Senate 
| Updated: 3/27/2025
This bill significantly amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and Title 18 of the United States Code to deregulate short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons currently classified under the National Firearms Act (NFA). It removes these items from the NFA's definition of firearms, thereby eliminating federal registration requirements, transfer taxes, and specific prohibitions related to their interstate transport and transfer. The legislation also redefines "destructive device" to exclude shotguns and shotgun shells, ensuring weapons designed to shoot shotgun shells are not treated as such. Furthermore, the bill establishes federal preemption over state and local laws that impose taxes, marking, recordkeeping, or registration requirements on these specific weapons, beyond generally applicable sales or use taxes. It mandates that compliance with federal law regarding these weapons satisfies any NFA-referenced state or local registration or licensing requirements. Crucially, the Attorney General is directed to destroy all existing federal registration and transfer records for these newly deregulated short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and "any other weapons" within 365 days of the Act's enactment.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-163
SHORT Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4986
SHORT Act
Mar 27, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2395
Introduced in House
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-163
    SHORT Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4986
    SHORT Act


  • March 27, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2395
    Introduced in House


  • March 27, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 27, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Roger Marshall

Roger Marshall

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (18)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Rick Scott (Republican)Katie Boyd Britt (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Tim Sheehy (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James C. Justice (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Finance Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 119-2395: SHORT Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted