Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill restores federal transfer and manufacturing taxes on certain firearms and appropriates $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2026 to the Medicare Part A trust fund.
Who Benefits and How
The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund would receive an added federal appropriation, while lawmakers favoring higher firearm taxes would restore those tax burdens after a recent repeal.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Firearm makers and transferees would face higher federal tax costs, and the federal Treasury would provide additional money to Medicare.
Key Provisions
- Restores the $200 transfer tax for most firearms and the $200 making tax.
- Removes the recent change that eliminated certain firearm-related excise tax treatment.
- Appropriates $1.7 billion to the Medicare Part A trust fund for fiscal year 2026.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Restore federal firearm transfer and manufacturing taxes and provide additional money to the Medicare Part A trust fund.
Key Policy Areas
Tax Policy, Healthcare, Firearms
Primary Purpose
Restore federal firearm transfer and manufacturing taxes and provide additional money to the Medicare Part A trust fund.
Policy Domains
Firearm Tax Restoration
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal tax collections
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Firearm manufacturers and transferees
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Medicare Trust Fund Appropriation
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal Treasury
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Alsobrooks (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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