Innovate Less Lethal to De-Escalate Tax Modernization Act
Sponsored By: Representative Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
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Summary
Modernize tax and National Firearms Act treatment for less-than-lethal projectile devices. This bill would set rules to classify these devices, change their excise-tax coverage, and expand which devices are exempt from the National Firearms Act.
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- Manufacturers, producers, and importers would have to request a classification determination showing a device meets the bill's definition of a less-than-lethal projectile device. The Treasury Secretary would have 90 days to issue each determination.
- The bill would make the federal excise tax rule under section 4181 inapplicable to certain listed items only as specified, so covered less-than-lethal devices, listed devices, and shells or cartridges designed for them would be treated differently for excise-tax purposes.
- It would add an explicit National Firearms Act exemption for less-than-lethal projectile devices and require an annual public list of devices plus a yearly written report to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance explaining which devices were considered and why.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Fewer firearm rules for less-lethal devices
If enacted, the bill would add certain less-than-lethal projectile devices and devices on the Secretary's list to the items excluded from the National Firearms Act. You would not need NFA registration, special transfer paperwork, or a tax stamp for devices that meet the bill's definition or appear on the Secretary's list. The exemption would take effect upon enactment and only applies to devices that satisfy the statutory tests or are officially listed.
Excise tax break for less-lethal makers
If enacted, the bill would exempt from the federal excise tax any device that meets the bill's "less-than-lethal projectile device" definition, any device on the Secretary's annual list, and shells or cartridges designed for those devices. The definition bars devices that fire common handgun, rifle, or shotgun ammunition or any projectile over 500 feet per second, requires the device be intended to avoid causing death or serious injury, and bars certain ammunition-feeding designs. Manufacturers, producers, or importers could request a written classification and would get a determination within 90 days. Requests filed in the first 180 days after enactment would be treated as filed at the end of that 180-day period. The exemption would apply to articles sold after the date of enactment. The Secretary must publish and update the public lists each year and report selected devices and reasoning to the tax committees.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
AZ • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Fitzgerald
WI • R
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]
MN • R
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
NY • R
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
OH • R
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Cuellar
TX • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
NY • R
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
WV • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1]
TX • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Evans (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]
IN • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Stutzman
IN • R
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/23/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 9/23/2025
Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]
MS • R
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
MI • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
IA • R
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Van Duyne
TX • R
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Maloy
UT • R
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
VA • R
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]
UT • R
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Hern (OK)
OK • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Wittman
VA • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Kustoff
TN • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7]
OH • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
CO • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Gray
CA • D
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
NC • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
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