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119-hr-2648119th Congress

Secure Background Checks Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

Introduced

Summary

Tighten background checks by adding age and residency disqualifications. This bill would expand who is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and would create new penalty subsections tied to those expanded prohibitions.

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  • Young or underage buyers: People who fail to meet the age requirement described in 18 U.S.C. §922(b)(1) while in their State of residence would be explicitly barred from possessing or receiving firearms.
  • Out-of-state purchasers: People who do not reside in the State where a licensee’s place of business is located and who are not covered by the exceptions in §922(b)(3) would be prohibited from transfers.
  • Dealers and corporate sellers: Federal firearms licensees and business entities would need to verify in-state residency alignment with their place of business to avoid prohibited transfers.
  • Criminal penalties: The bill would add two new penalty subsections to 18 U.S.C. §924(a)(2), increasing statutory penalties for violating these transfer and possession rules.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New limits on underage and out-of-state gun access

If enacted, this bill would add two new groups barred from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving guns and ammo. First, people who do not meet the federal age rule while in their home state. Second, people who do not live in the seller’s state (or businesses without a place of business there), unless an existing federal exception applies. This would narrow who can legally buy or possess guns and could improve public safety.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

CO • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/3/2025

  • Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 4/3/2025

  • Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 4/3/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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