[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5124. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5099 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Mr. Murphy (for 
himself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Tillis)) to the bill S. 2938, 
to make our communities safer; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

        At the end of division A, add the following:

            TITLE IV--HOME DEFENSE AND COMPETITIVE SHOOTING

     SEC. 14001. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Home Defense and 
     Competitive Shooting Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 14002. SHORT-BARRELED RIFLES.

       (a) In General.--Section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(3) a rifle'' and all that follows 
     through ``(5) any other weapon'' and inserting ``(3) any 
     other weapon'', and
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) as 
     paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 14003. ELIMINATION OF DISPARATE TREATMENT OF SHORT-
                   BARRELED RIFLES USED FOR LAWFUL PURPOSES.

       Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in 
     each of subsections (a)(4) and (b)(4) by striking ``short-
     barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle'' and inserting 
     ``or short-barreled shotgun''.

     SEC. 14004. TREATMENT OF SHORT-BARRELED RIFLES DETERMINED BY 
                   REFERENCE TO NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT.

       Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Short-Barreled Rifle Requirements Determined by 
     Reference.--In the case of any short-barreled rifle 
     registration or licensing requirement under State or local 
     law which is determined by reference to the National Firearms 
     Act, any person who acquires or possesses such a rifle in 
     accordance with chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, 
     shall be treated as meeting any such registration or 
     licensing requirement with respect to such rifle.''.

     SEC. 14005. PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS IN RELATION TO 
                   SHORT-BARRELED RIFLES.

       Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding the 
     preceding sentence, a law of a State or a political 
     subdivision of a State that imposes a tax, other than a 
     generally applicable sales or use tax, on making, 
     transferring, using, possessing, or transporting a short-
     barreled rifle in or affecting interstate or foreign 
     commerce, or imposes a marking, recordkeeping or registration 
     requirement with respect to such a rifle, shall have no force 
     or effect.''.

     SEC. 14006. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 365 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall destroy 
     any registration of an applicable rifle maintained in the 
     National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record pursuant 
     to section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any 
     application to transfer filed under section 5812 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that identifies the transferee 
     of an applicable rifle, and any application to make filed 
     under section 5822 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 
     identifies the maker of an applicable rifle.
       (b) Applicable Rifle.--For purposes of this section, the 
     term ``applicable rifle'' means a rifle, or weapon made from 
     a rifle, described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 5845(a) 
     of such Code (as in effect on the day before the enactment of 
     the Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2022).
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