Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
Latest action (Jul 15, 2026) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Feb 11, 2025This 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.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
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What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Jul 14, 2026
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Jul 14, 2026
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
2 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- American Express Companyno position stated
“…to prudential bank regulations including, the Basel III Endgame proposal Issues related to implementation of merchant category codes, including H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act Issues generally related to merchant pricing, network routing requirements and contract regulation,…” filing ↗
- National Rifle Association of Americano position stated
“S.401 H.R. 1181 H.R. 987” filing ↗
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