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To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Summary
This bill allows members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents when purchasing firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers. Currently, federal law requires specific forms of identification for firearm purchases, and this bill expands the acceptable identification to include valid identification documents issued by Tribal governments. The bill defines "Tribal government" as the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation listed in the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. The amendments take effect 90 days after the bill is enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Feb 26, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Feb 26, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2026
Mr. Mullin (for himself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
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 “Tribal Firearm Access Act”.
SEC. 2. ALLOWING MEMBERS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES TO USE THEIR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS IN OBTAINING A FIREARM FROM A FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER.
(a) In General.—Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “, or a valid identification document issued by a Tribal government” before the period.
(b) Definition.—Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(39) The term ‘Tribal government’ means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)).”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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