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Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
Summary
This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to allow individuals filing for bankruptcy to protect up to $3,000 in value of firearms as exempt property. Currently, the bankruptcy code permits debtors to exempt certain types of personal property from seizure by creditors; this bill adds firearms to that list of allowable exemptions. The exemption applies to both federal bankruptcy exemptions and state-law exemptions available to debtors. The change takes effect upon enactment and applies only to bankruptcy cases filed after the law becomes effective.
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- Jun 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 20, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2025
Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Collins, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
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 “Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act”.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS.
Section 522 of title 11, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (d) by adding at the end the following:
“(13) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to exceed $3,000 in value, in a single firearm or firearms.”; and
(2) in subsection (f)(4)(A)—
(A) in clause (xiv) by striking “and” at the end;
(B) in clause (xv) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(xvi) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to exceed $3,000 in value, in a single firearm or firearms.”.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) Effective Date.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Application of Amendments.—The amendments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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