Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
H.R. 1181119th CongressFinance and Financial Sector
- Introduced
- Feb 11, 2025
- Latest action
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Jul 15, 2026
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Summary
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.
Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
This bill prohibits payment card networks from using merchant codes that distinguish firearms retailers from general-merchandise retailers or sporting-goods retailers.
The Department of Justice must enforce this bill and report annually on the resulting investigations and cases.