Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
To prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the
use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms
retailer from a general merchandise retailer or sporting goods retailer,
and for other purposes.
Title: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Description: A bill to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or sporting goods retailer, and for other purposes.
Session: 119th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Last Action Date: May 12, 2025
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1715/all-info
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23 sponsors: Bill Hagerty (R); James Justice (R); Lindsey Graham (R); James Risch (R); Cynthia Lummis (R); Bill Cassidy (R); John Hoeven (R); Ted Budd (R); Steve Daines (R); Mike Lee (R); Pete Ricketts (R); Kevin Cramer (R); Mike Crapo (R); Rick Scott (R); Markwayne Mullin (R); Deb Fischer (R); John Barrasso (R); Roger Wicker (R); Roger Marshall (R); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R); Shelley Capito (R); Tim Sheehy (R); Jim Banks (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 12 2025 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 22 2025 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs
There have not been any votes on this bill
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