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Secure Background Checks Act of 2025

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, and for other purposes.

Introduced Apr 3, 2025

Latest action (Apr 3, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice

Summary
  • Prohibits individuals who fail to meet age requirements in their state of residence from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition.
  • Prohibits individuals who do not reside in (or maintain a place of business in) the state where a firearms seller's place of business is located from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms, with certain exceptions.
  • Increases penalties for transfer of firearms to persons who are under indictment.

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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Apr 3, 2025 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 3, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 3, 2025

Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, and Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Secure Background Checks Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. AGE AND RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT.

Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking “or” at the end;

(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:

“(10) who fails to meet the age requirement—

“(A) described in subsection (b)(1); and

“(B) in the person’s State of residence; or

“(11) who—

“(A) does not reside in (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, does not maintain a place of business in) the State in which the licensee’s place of business is located; and

“(B) is not subject to an exception under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(3),”.

SEC. 3. PENALTIES.

Section 924(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “, or (o)” and inserting “(n), or (o)”. <all>

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