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MS SR5
Resolution
AI Summary
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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)
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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)
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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
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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