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Clean Hands Firearm Procurement Act
To require the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of federally licensed firearms dealers with a high number of short time- to-crime firearm traces, and to prohibit Federal departments and agencies from contracting with such dealers.
Summary
This bill would require the Attorney General to publish an annual list of federally licensed firearms dealers that have had at least 25 firearms traced to their business with a time-to-crime of three years or less in at least two of the previous three calendar years. The bill would prohibit federal agencies from entering into contracts with dealers on this list during the current and two preceding calendar years. The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of Homeland Security may request waivers from the Attorney General to protect national security, with waivers subject to congressional notification.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jamie Raskin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $54,700
- AMERICAN UNIVERSITY $20,773
- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY $10,775
- NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY $7,100
- ORIOLES $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jamie Raskin → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 26, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jun 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 26, 2025
Mr. Raskin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of federally licensed firearms dealers with a high number of short time- to-crime firearm traces, and to prohibit Federal departments and agencies from contracting with such dealers.
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 “Clean Hands Firearm Procurement Act”.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL GUN TRACING NOTIFICATIONS.
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall publish or make publicly available a list of covered firearms dealers.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN FEDERAL FIREARMS DEALERS.
(a) Prohibition.—A Federal agency may not enter into a contract with a licensed dealer that has been listed as a covered firearms dealer during the current calendar year or either of the preceding 2 calendar years.
(b) Waiver Authority.—
(1) In general.—Upon a request by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General may waive the applicability of subsection (a) to a contract, to protect the national security of the United States.
(2) Notice.—The Attorney General shall immediately notify the Chair and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Chair and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate of any waiver granted under paragraph (1). Notice under this paragraph may be submitted in classified form.
(c) Effective Date.—This section shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Covered firearms dealer.—The term “covered firearms dealer” means a licensed dealer with respect to whom, during not less than 2 of the 3 calendar years before the publication of the applicable list under section 2, the National Tracing Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has traced to the firearms business of the licensed dealer not less than 25 firearms with a time-to-crime of not more than 3 years.
(2) Federal agency.—The term “Federal agency” means a department, agency, office, or other establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States.
(3) Firearm.—The term “firearm” has the meaning given that term in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
(4) Licensed dealer.—The term “licensed dealer” has the meaning given that term in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
(5) Time-to-crime.—The term “time-to-crime” means, with respect to a firearm, the period between the date of the last known retail sale of the firearm and the date a law enforcement agency recovers the firearm as a result of an actual or suspected purchase, use, or possession of the firearm in, or that constitutes, a crime. <all>
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