# 117-hr-8051: Assault Weapons Excise Act

117-hr-8051, Assault Weapons Excise Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8051
- Congress: 117
- Title: Assault Weapons Excise Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2022-06-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 41
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Assault Weapons Excise Act This bill imposes an additional 1000% excise tax on large capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons. It exempts from such additional tax devices and weapons acquired by the United States or by a state or local government.

## Cosponsors (41)

- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2022-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2022-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8051 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8051)

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