HR1181Referred to Committee

Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-11
Introduced
132
Cosponsors
HR
Type

Sponsor

Riley M. Moore
Riley M. Moore
Republican · WV · Representative
Votes with party: 94.5% (543 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001235

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (132)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 447.

2026-02-25

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Finance and Financial Sector
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