Vice President J.D. Vance provided the tiebreaker 50-50 vote in the Senate on Tuesday, sending the Republican reconciliation bill back to the House for concurrence. 

The massive 940-page budget and tax package, H.R.1, better known as the "One Big, Beautiful Bill," left the Senate with the largest reform to National Firearms Act regulations in almost a century. In its current format, it drops the tax on suppressors and short-barreled firearms to $0. However, it falls well short of the deregulation language of the Hearing Protection that was in the measure when it left the House the first time in May, and the SHORT Act, which had been added in Senate committee markup. The more aggressively pro-gun language was stripped out by the Senate Parliamentarian before its floor debate at the insistence of Democrats. 

U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Georgia Republican and FFL holder, has been a driving force behind the scenes in the debate to get the reforms into H.R.1. On Tuesday, he submitted a proposed amendment to the bill that would restore the provisions washed out of the measure during the Parliamentarian's "Byrd Bath." Clyde's amendment would remove the NFA registration requirement for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs.

"I’m fighting till the very end to get as many 2A wins in the OBBB as possible," said Clyde.

However, House Speaker Mike Johnson, joined by GOP leadership in the chamber, has stressed that they intend to fast-track the measure to get it to the President before July 4 for signature. That tight timeline could barricade amendments in the House, any of which would require the Senate, already lukewarm on the package, to approve. Moreover, the Senate is on recess until July 7. 

"This bill is President Trump’s agenda, and we are making it law. House Republicans are ready to finish the job and put the One Big Beautiful Bill on President Trump’s desk in time for Independence Day," said Johnson.