2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB404: Hearing Protection Act
Legislative Summary
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
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Bill History
1/15/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
1/15/2025
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/15/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Ways And Means(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 72
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Ben Cline
Republican
Co-Sponsors (72)
August Pfluger
Republican
Ron Estes
Republican
Riley Moore
Republican
Aaron Bean
Republican
Claudia Tenney
Republican
Randy Weber
Republican
Barry Moore
Republican
Troy Nehls
Republican
Burgess Owens
Republican
Glenn Thompson
Republican
Robert Wittman
Republican
Richard Hudson
Republican
Anna Luna
Republican
Kat Cammack
Republican
Earl Carter
Republican
Scott Perry
Republican
Mike Bost
Republican
Jack Bergman
Republican
Brad Finstad
Republican
Mike Collins
Republican
Sam Graves
Republican
Charles Fleischmann
Republican
Russ Fulcher
Republican
Gus Bilirakis
Republican
John McGuire
Republican
Robert Aderholt
Republican
Addison McDowell
Republican
Andy Harris
Republican
Tim Burchett
Republican
David Kustoff
Republican
William Timmons
Republican
Barry Loudermilk
Republican
Jeff Crank
Republican
Morgan Griffith
Republican
Kevin Hern
Republican
Steve Womack
Republican
Brian Babin
Republican
Celeste Maloy
Republican
James Comer
Republican
Nicholas Langworthy
Republican
Darrell Issa
Republican
Jay Obernolte
Republican
Ralph Norman
Republican
Pete Sessions
Republican
Sheri Biggs
Republican
Derek Schmidt
Republican
Mark Green
Republican
Ryan Zinke
Republican
Lauren Boebert
Republican
Jeff Hurd
Republican
Ronny Jackson
Republican
Mark Alford
Republican
Robert Onder
Republican
Dale Strong
Republican
Harriet Hageman
Republican
Tim Walberg
Republican
Andrew Ogles
Republican
Pat Harrigan
Republican
Michael Simpson
Republican
Brandon Gill
Republican
Rudolph Yakym III
Republican
Marlin Stutzman
Republican
Abraham Hamadeh
Republican
Nicholas Begich
Republican
Daniel Webster
Republican
Tracey Mann
Republican
Greg Steube
Republican
Clay Higgins
Republican
Bill Huizenga
Republican
Tom Tiffany
Republican
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Democrat
Roger Williams
Republican