H.R. 793:
H.R. 793: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on concealable firearms and to require the Attorney General to establish a firearms buyback grant program.
Introduced: Feb 15, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor: Rep. Linda Sánchez [D-CA38]
Status: Referred to Committee
Progress
Introduced Feb 15, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 15, 2013
Reported by Committee …
Passed House …
Passed Senate …
Signed by the President …
Prognosis
1% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.
Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 2% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]
Cosponsors
18 cosponsors (18D) (show)
Bishop, Timothy [D-NY1]
Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA29]
Clay, Lacy [D-MO1]
DeLauro, Rosa [D-CT3]
Edwards, Donna [D-MD4]
Grijalva, Raúl [D-AZ3]
Hahn, Janice [D-CA44]
Lee, Barbara [D-CA13]
Maloney, Carolyn [D-NY12]
Matsui, Doris [D-CA6]
McGovern, James “Jim” [D-MA2]
Napolitano, Grace [D-CA32]
Norton, Eleanor [D-DC0]
Pascrell, Bill [D-NJ9]
Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA40]
Rush, Bobby [D-IL1]
Sires, Albio [D-NJ8]
Vargas, Juan [D-CA51]
Committees
House Judiciary
House Ways and Means
The committee chair determines whether a bill will move past the committee stage.
Excise tax? Gotta give ‘em some credit–a creative new way to infringe on that which shall not be infringed. It gets so boring when they can’t find their way out of the rut of their standard abominations.
February 16, 2013 at 6:16 pm