Who it affects
- Payment card networks
- Gun retailers
- Department of Justice
Passed the HouseBankingGuns
Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
H.R. 1181 · House bill · Introduced Feb. 11, 2025
The Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act would bar payment card networks from using store codes that distinguish gun retailers from general-merchandise or sporting-goods retailers.
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At a glance
Where it stands
Passed the House 221 to 201 on July 14.
How South Carolina voted
Lobbying and money
No lobbying reported yet
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What it would do
- Payment card networks could not use store codes that distinguish gun retailers from general-merchandise or sporting-goods retailers.
- The Department of Justice would have to enforce this ban.
- The department would report each year on resulting investigations and cases.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
How South Carolina voted
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House vote
Close voteVote to pass
July 14, 2026 · Passed 221 to 201
- Republicans
- 215 yes
- 1 no
- Democrats
- 5 yes
- 200 no
- Independents
- 1 yes
- 0 no
Other votes on this bill (1)
House · Vote to send it back to committee · July 14, 2026 · Rejected
A yes vote sends it back to committee, which usually stops it.
Clyburn: Yes · Wilson: No · Mace: Didn't vote · Norman: No · Fry: No · Biggs: No · Timmons: No
Official vote ↗
Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Moore, Riley (R-WV)
- Introduced
- Feb. 11, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 132
- Committees
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; House Financial Services Committee
- Latest action
- July 15, 2026 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Official summary from the 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.
Summary on Congress.gov ↗Everyone who lobbied on this bill (0 groups)
No lobbying report we have loaded names this bill. That doesn't mean no lobbying took place.
Lobbyists report every three months, about 20 days after each quarter ends. We have January 2025 through September 2026 reports. Newer reports will be added once filed and published. Reports for October through December 2026 are due January 20, 2027.