Federal Legislation
At the federal level, our goal is simple: remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act for good.
We have made historic progress. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated the $200 federal tax on suppressors effective January 1, 2026. Following the ASA Foundation–backed Jensen v. ATF ruling, ATF stopped requiring federal approval and registration for suppressors on October 9, 2026. But a tax can be reinstated and an enforcement policy can be reversed. Our work now is to put these gains into law so they cannot be undone.
Our primary federal initiatives:
- Remove suppressors from the NFA by passing the Hearing Protection Act or similar legislation
- Use the appropriations process to bar ATF from enforcing NFA registration on suppressors
- Modernize the legal definition of a suppressor so that individual parts and consumables are not treated as complete suppressors
- Defeat federal attempts to ban or further restrict suppressors
- Support ATF rulemaking that reduces burdens on suppressor owners and the industry
- Lobby the Department of Defense and NATO to issue system-wide suppressor solicitations
Bill Tracking 119th Congress (2025-2026)
H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Rep. Jodey C. Arrington [R-TX-19]
Reduces the NFA transfer tax on suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs to $0 effective January 1, 2026
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Signed into law July 4, 2025
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H.R. 404 – Hearing Protection Act
Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA-06)
Remove suppressors from the provisions of the NFA and transfer the same way as long guns.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Ways & Means and Judiciary Committees
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H.R. 631 — Protecting Americans' Right to Silence (PARTS) Act
Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME-2)
Refines the definition of a silencer to focus on complete devices and a single principal component.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to House Judiciary Committee
View BillH.R. 45 – FIND Act
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI-01)
Prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against the firearm and ammunition industry.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Oversight & Government Reform Committee
View BillH.R. 2552 – RIFLE Act
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02)
Eliminates the $200 NFA transfer tax required on NFA firearm transfers. (Introduced prior to OBBB)
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Ways & Means Committee
View BillH.R. 3115 – 2025 AWB Act
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
ASA Position: OPPOSE
Current Status: Referred to House Judiciary Committee
View BillH.R. 9208 – HEAR Act of 2025
Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D-NJ-12)
Bans the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of suppressors, with a buyback.
ASA Position: OPPOSE
Current Status: Referred to House Judiciary Committee
View BillH.R. 8845 – FY2027 CJS Appropriations
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY-5)
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Awaiting House floor vote.
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S. 364 – Hearing Protection Act
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Remove suppressors from the provisions of the NFA and transfer the same way as long guns.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Finance Committee
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S. 1039 — Protecting Americans' Right to Silence (PARTS) Act
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
Refines the definition of a silencer to focus on complete devices and a single principal component.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
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Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)
Prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against the firearm and ammunition industry.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee
View BillS. 1224 – RIFLE Act
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Eliminates the $200 NFA transfer tax required on NFA firearm transfers. (Introduced prior to OBBB)
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Finance Committee
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Sen. James E. Risch (R‑ID)
Require ATF to establish an appeals process for individuals whose NFA transfers were wrongfully denied.
ASA Position: SUPPORT
Current Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
View BillS. 1531 – 2025 AWB Act
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
ASA Position: OPPOSE
Current Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
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