Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Backdoor Gun Control Act of 2022”.
No Backdoor Gun Control Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove certain weapons from the definition of firearms for the purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Removing certain weapons from the definition of firearms
by striking “(5) any other weapon, as defined in subsection (e);”, and
by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively.
Effective date— The amendment made by this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 3 Treatment of weapons determined by reference to National Firearms Act
Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f) Any other weapon requirements determined by reference—In the case of registration or licensing requirement for any other weapon under State or local law which is determined by reference to the National Firearms Act, any person who acquires or possesses such a weapon in accordance with chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, shall be treated as meeting any such registration or licensing requirement with respect to such weapon.”
Sec. 4 Destruction of records
In general— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall destroy any registration of an applicable weapon maintained in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record pursuant to section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any application to transfer filed under section 5812 of such Code that identifies the transferee of an applicable weapon, and any application to make filed under section 5822 of such Code that identifies the maker of an applicable weapon.
Applicable weapon— For purposes of this section, the term “applicable weapon” has the meaning given the term “any other weapon” in section 5845 of such Code.