Card networks could not single out firearms retailers with a special store code. The U.S. Attorney General would investigate complaints and could ask a federal court to stop violations.
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Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Latest action on H.R. 1181: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects firearms retailers, card-payment networks, payment-processing companies, and customers who buy from gun or ammunition stores. Firearms retailers would no longer be placed in a special card-system code just for that business type. Payment companies would have to follow one federal rule instead of different state or local rules. Customers may see less separate coding of purchases from firearms retailers, but the bill does not spell out every privacy or oversight effect.
Why this matters: This matters because card-payment systems use store codes to sort businesses, and this bill would stop them from giving firearms retailers a separate code. That could limit how easily banks or card companies spot purchases from gun and ammunition stores by code alone. It could also give firearms retailers and national payment companies one rule across the country. At the same time, it would take this issue away from states and cities and put enforcement in the hands of the U.S. Attorney General.
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Officially: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
Card networks could not single out firearms retailers with a special store code. The U.S. Attorney General would investigate complaints and could ask a federal court to stop violations.
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Senate Review
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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (7/15/2026)
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