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MS SR5

Resolution

Status

Failed

4/1/2023

Primary Sponsor

Kevin Blackwell

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the U.S. Congress to amend federal tax law to include airguns and airbows as taxable items under the Federal Wildlife Restoration Program (Pittman-Robertson Act)

  • Notes that airguns use compressed air rather than explosive charges and have advanced significantly beyond traditional BB and pellet guns, including new arrow-shooting airguns (airbows)

  • Highlights that the Pittman-Robertson Act has contributed nearly $11.5 billion to wildlife conservation since 1937 through excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment

  • Directs the Mississippi Secretary of State to transmit the resolution to Mississippi's congressional delegation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Legislative Description

Urge U.S. Congress to enact legislation to include airguns and airbows as items taxed under the Pittman-Robertson Act.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/1/2023

Committee Referrals

Rules1/3/2023

Full Bill Text

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