interesting legislation proposed, see thomasloc

[alan]

This bill is in front of the senate finance committee-
IRS FIREARMS REGISTRATION Bill!


the bill can be found at: http://politics.yahoo.com/politics/congress/bill_search/senate_bills/s_/2099/

Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2000 1040
federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It may
require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun.

This bill was introduced on Feb. 24. This bill will become
public knowledge 30 days after it is voted into law. This is
an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means
that the Finance Committee can pass this without the Senate
voting on it at all.

The full text of the proposed amendment is on the U.S.
Senate homepage. http://www.senate.gov/ You can find the bill by doing a
search by the bill number. (SB-2099)

Please send a copy of this to every gun owner you
know to help STOP this bill!!


email addresses of the members of
the senate finance committee are below,
write them NOW and voice your displeasure-

use copy and paste to Mail To:

senator@dpm.senate.gov


and CC paste these in one line at a time)

comments@roth.senate.gov max@baucus.senate.gov chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov senator@rockefeller.senate.gov

senator@breaux.senate.gov webmail1@murkowski.senate.gov senator@conrad.senate.gov senator@nickles.senate.gov bob_graham@graham.senate.gov


phil_gramm@gramm.senate.gov senator@bryan.senate.gov senatorlott@lott.senate.gov vermont@jeffords.senate.gov qmail@kerrey-cms.senate.gov connie@mack.senate.gov


senator@robb.senate.gov senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov senator@coverdell.senate.gov

Subject:
Senate Bill SB-2099



[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited August 27, 2000).]

 

[Art Eatman]

The bill was sent to the Committee on Finance on February 24th. No "major action" has been taken since then.

It has not been sent to sub-committee, which is the usual process. There have been no hearings nor is there any evidence of discussion in committee.

There is no companion bill in the House, needed for any bill to be passed and sent on to the President.

As a Law, S2099 is pretty much a non-issue.

As a problem, we must be watchful that it is not brought in as an amendment to some bill that is being hurriedly run through. Occasions such as immediately prior to a recess, when some major legislation is to be voted on, are always danger time. Omnibus budget bills are always danger time.

Regardless, it still must survive Conference Committee--another danger time.

FWIW, Art