Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1181

Official text excerpt

119 HR 1181 IH: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-02-11 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1181 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2025 Mr. Moore of West Virginia (for himself, Mr. Barr , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Bean of Florida , Mr. Cline , Mr. Perry , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Guthrie , Mr. Collins , Mr. Finstad , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Guest , Mr. Rulli , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Bost , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Schmidt , Mr. Moore of North Carolina , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Comer , Mr. Womack , Mr. Rose , Mr. Yakym , Mr. Gill of Texas , and Mr. Rutherford ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 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 general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes. 
 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act . 2. Distinguishing firearms sales (a) Prohibitions relating to merchant category codes (1) Payment Card Networks A payment card network may not require a firearms retailer to use, nor require a covered entity to assign, a merchant category code that distinguishes such firearms retailer from a general-merchandise retailer or a sporting-goods retailer. 
 (2) Covered entities A covered entity or its agent may not assign to a firearms retailer any merchant category code that distinguishes from a general-merchandise retailer or a sporting-goods retailer. (b) Enforcement (1) In general The Attorney General shall enforce this section and shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, establish a process for individuals, including …

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