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Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act

To prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers and dealers.

Introduced Mar 27, 2025

Latest action (Mar 27, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Taxation
Issues
Economy & TaxesGun Policy

Summary
  • Prohibits states and their political subdivisions from imposing excise taxes on firearm sales by manufacturers or dealers.
  • Prohibits states and their political subdivisions from imposing excise taxes on ammunition sales by manufacturers or dealers.
  • Prohibits states and their political subdivisions from imposing excise taxes on firearm and ammunition parts and components.
  • Applies to sales in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.
  • Does not alter the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
14 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to James E. Risch’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • ALPHA SERVICES LLC $10,000
  • 1ST FINANCIAL BANK USA $6,600
  • CIVIC SERVICE INC. $6,600
  • SINCLAIR COMPANIES $6,600
  • SOROBAN CAPITAL PARTNERS LP $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for James E. Risch → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 2442 — Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 1436 — Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 943 — No User Fees for Gun Owners Act · Introduced Feb 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 8921 — Freedom from Taxes Act of 2026 · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 1162 — SHORT Act · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 1224 — RIFLE Act · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Mar 27, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 27, 2025

Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Justice, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To prohibit State excise taxes on firearms and ammunition manufacturers and dealers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act”.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON STATE EXCISE TAXES.

(a) In General.—A State, and any political subdivision thereof, may not levy or collect an excise tax on the sale of a firearm, ammunition, or a part or component of a firearm or ammunition by a manufacturer or dealer that occurs in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.

(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to alter, modify, or otherwise affect the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.). <all>

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