US EditionSenate Parliamentarian Rejects Religious College Tax Carve-Out, Gun Silencer Deregulation in GOP Megabill
- In Washington D.C., Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled on June 26 that NFA deregulation provisions in President Trump’s bill must be removed or face a 60-vote threshold.
- Prompted by the Byrd Rule, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that gun deregulation provisions in the budget bill are unrelated to fiscal policy, leading to their removal.
- Senate committee documents show MacDonough removed the $200 tax and ATF registration requirements for silencers, short-barrel rifles, and shotguns, subjecting Section 70436 to a 60-vote threshold.
- The NFA delisting proposal is now likely dead in the Senate, with gun-rights activists racing to salvage it before the July 4 deadline.
- Alternately, Republicans could rerun the proposal or seek an override by Vice President JD Vance, as precedent shows nonbinding advice can be challenged.
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Gun rights groups slams Senate parliamentarian’s ruling on silencer deregulation: ‘Total garbage’
Gun rights groups fumed Friday after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a provision deregulating firearm silencers cannot be included in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Gun silencer, school voucher provisions dropped from GOP mega-bill in the US Senate • Louisiana Illuminator
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republicans cannot exempt gun silencers, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns from being classified as firearms under a federal gun regulation law from the 1930s, according to the Senate parliamentarian’s latest ruling on the “big, beautiful bill.” The provision addressing silencers, also called suppressors, was added…
Gun silencer, school voucher provisions dropped from GOP mega-bill in the US Senate • Tennessee Lookout
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republicans cannot exempt gun silencers, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns from being classified as firearms under a federal gun regulation law from the 1930s, according to the Senate parliamentarian’s latest ruling on the “big, beautiful bill.” The provision addressing silencers, also called suppressors, was added…
Senate Parliamentarian Removes HPA and SHORT Act from Reconciliation Bill
Gemtech Abyss 7.62 Suppressor The Senate Parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, has struck the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) and the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act from President Trump’s Reconciliation bill. The HPA would remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), and the SHORT Act would remove short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), and any other weapons (AOWs) from the NFA. This lat…
Gun silencer, school voucher provisions dropped from GOP mega-bill in the US Senate • Iowa Capital Dispatch
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republicans cannot exempt gun silencers, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns from being classified as firearms under a federal gun regulation law from the 1930s, according to the Senate parliamentarian’s latest ruling on the “big, beautiful bill.” The provision addressing silencers, also called suppressors, was added…
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