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Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to make fraudulent dealings in firearms and ammunition unlawful, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would create a new federal crime for importing, manufacturing, or selling firearms or ammunition through fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises. It also makes it unlawful to transmit communications related to such fraudulent firearms sales via wire, radio, or television in interstate or foreign commerce. The bill applies existing penalties for firearms violations to this new offense.
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Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mary Gay Scanlon’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BALLARD SPAHR LLP $35,392
- BALLARD SPAHR $32,750
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA $10,450
- NULL $9,550
- AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION $6,600
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Actions (2)
- Jun 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 30, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 30, 2025
Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Casten, Ms. Norton, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Carson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to make fraudulent dealings in firearms and ammunition unlawful, 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 “Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act”.
SEC. 2. FRAUDULENT DEALINGS IN FIREARMS.
(a) In General.—Section 922(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(10) for any person—
“(A) to import, manufacture, or sell a firearm or ammunition by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; and
“(B) to transmit or cause to be transmitted, by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any communication relating to the importation, manufacture, or sale described in subparagraph (A).”.
(b) Penalty.—Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “(a)(10),” before “(f)”. <all>
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