Overview

• Late Friday Senate Republicans rewrote Section 70436 to zero out the $200 tax stamps on suppressors and short-barrel rifles while retaining NFA registration requirements.
• Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised that full removal of NFA regulations violated the Byrd Rule because it represented a policy change beyond pure budgetary impact.
• Gun-rights organizations including the NRA and National Association for Gun Rights condemned the ruling and are preparing amendments or procedural moves to pursue complete deregulation.
• Gun-control and law enforcement groups praised the decision to maintain registration as a critical tool for tracking regulated weapons under the nearly century-old law.
• Senate leaders plan to vote on the revised reconciliation package Saturday and could consider further changes before sending the legislation back to the House.