S1949-118

Introduced

To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 13, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act.
  • Section idfd42a63260c94a5fa117e2793f5ea690: 2. Definitions For purposes of this Act: The term ammunition has the same meaning given such term under section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code. The...
  • Section ida83f3fba0e7a439197decc60dc4ab3c5: 3. Prohibition on use of funds Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any...
  • Section id03e9b19339db4a8ab8aebf90f01ca9bc: 4. Transfer of firearms and ammunition Not later than the date which is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall transfer to...
  • Section id7d8d82262ec64a2ab0362531e56a210e: 5. Sale of firearms Not later than the date which is 30 days after the date on which the transfer described in section 4 has been completed, the Administrator...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Government Operations Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies:
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 13, 2023

Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Government Operations Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

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