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Federal · 119th Congress

S3512 Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act

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Firearms industry liabilityAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Reinstates $200 transfer and manufacturing taxes on certain firearms (including most NFA items) that had been eliminated, increasing the tax burden and cost of acquiring or making those firearms.

Section 5811(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 70436(a) of Public Law 119-21, is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Rate.--There shall be levied, collected, and paid on firearms transferred a tax at the rate of $200 for each firearm transferred, except, the transfer tax on any firearm classified as any other weapon under section 5845(e) shall be at the rate of $5 for each such firearm transferred.''.

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Reinstates $200 transfer and manufacturing taxes on certain firearms (including most NFA items) that had been eliminated, increasing the tax burden and cost of acquiring or making those firearms.

There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the making of a firearm a tax at the rate of $200 for each firearm made.

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  1. Introduced (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. President
  6. Law

Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6

Last action
2025-12-16: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Filed
2025-12-16
Committee
Finance Committee
Sponsor
Angela D. Alsobrooks D + 4 cosponsors (4 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill reinstates federal excise taxes on the transfer and manufacture of certain firearms under the National Firearms Act that a prior law (Public Law 119-21) had eliminated; this directly raises the cost of buying or making the covered firearms and therefore restricts the firearms topic. The Medicare funding provision is a use of the resulting revenue but does not itself change firearms policy. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-12-16LibraIntroduced in Senate
2025-12-16SenatRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.