SHORT Act (Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act)
Current understanding
The SHORT Act (H.R. 2395, 119th Congress) would remove short-barreled rifles (SBRs) — along with short-barreled shotguns and any other weapons — from National Firearms Act regulation, eliminating the $200 making/transfer tax, registration, and ATF pre-approval requirements for these firearms. The bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee (tax provisions) and Judiciary Committee (criminal/GCA provisions). Status: introduced; fiscal implications include loss of NFA transfer/making tax receipts on SBRs and reduced ATF NFA branch processing workload.
Evidence log
- 2025-03-27 — SHORT Act: cross-connection with hearing-protection-act: Both bills use the same mechanism — statutory removal of a class of firearms (SBRs vs. suppressors) from NFA coverage — and represent parallel legislative tracks to eliminate NFA registration/tax for specific categories. (novelty: 2)