Innovate Less Lethal to De-Escalate Tax Modernization Act

This bill would exempt less-than-lethal projectile devices, and the shells or cartridges made for them, from the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition. It defines these devices as ones that cannot fire regular gun ammunition or projectiles faster than 500 feet per second, are designed not to likely cause death or serious injury, and cannot accept certain gun magazines. The Treasury Secretary would have to decide within 90 days whether a manufacturer's or importer's device qualifies, and would have to publish and update yearly lists of qualifying devices, including a separate list of non-lethal devices whose projectiles go faster than 500 feet per second. The bill would also remove these devices from the definition of a firearm under the National Firearms Act.

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Sponsors

• David Schweikert Republican sponsor
• 50 cosponsors