HR1181Referred to Committee

Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2025-02-11

Introduced

132

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Riley M. Moore

Republican · WV · Representative

Votes with party: 94.3% (548 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (132)

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

Latest Action

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 447.

2026-02-25

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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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