09-17-2009, 12:10 PM
So I just went to the senate.gov website and this is what I found when I searched "SB-2099":
[url "http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/SB2099.shtml"]http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/SB2099.shtml[/url]
Is it true that . . . Senate Bill SB-2099 will require owners of firearms to pay a $50 charge per gun and list each gun on their federal tax form?
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The answer is no. This Internet rumor states that SB-2099 is legislation currently being considered by the Senate. The bill supposedly requires owners of firearms to list on their 1040 tax return all guns they own and then pay a $50 charge per firearm. There is no such legislation by this name in the 111th Congress.
The facts:
[ul][li]The last bill given the number[url "http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:s2099:"] S. 2099[/url] was in the 105th Congress. This bill dealt with federal sentencing guidelines for counterfeiting offenses. [li]Legislation that the Senate is currently working on will be listed on the [url "http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm"]Active Legislation[/url] page or can be searched for on [url "http://thomas.loc.gov/"]Thomas[/url]. For more information about the legislative process or finding bills, please see the [url "http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Legislation_and_the_Legislative_Process_vrd.htm"]Legislation VRD page[/url]. [/li][/ul]
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[url "http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/SB2099.shtml"]http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/SB2099.shtml[/url]
Is it true that . . . Senate Bill SB-2099 will require owners of firearms to pay a $50 charge per gun and list each gun on their federal tax form?
The answer is no. This Internet rumor states that SB-2099 is legislation currently being considered by the Senate. The bill supposedly requires owners of firearms to list on their 1040 tax return all guns they own and then pay a $50 charge per firearm. There is no such legislation by this name in the 111th Congress.
The facts:
[ul][li]The last bill given the number[url "http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:s2099:"] S. 2099[/url] was in the 105th Congress. This bill dealt with federal sentencing guidelines for counterfeiting offenses. [li]Legislation that the Senate is currently working on will be listed on the [url "http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm"]Active Legislation[/url] page or can be searched for on [url "http://thomas.loc.gov/"]Thomas[/url]. For more information about the legislative process or finding bills, please see the [url "http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Legislation_and_the_Legislative_Process_vrd.htm"]Legislation VRD page[/url]. [/li][/ul]
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