# 119-hr-3823: TRACE Act

119-hr-3823, TRACE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3823
- Congress: 119
- Title: TRACE Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**The TRACE Act would tighten federal tools to *limit illegal firearms trafficking*** by adding hidden serial numbers, stronger inventory and recordkeeping rules, and removing funding limits that have blocked enforcement. It focuses on making more guns traceable and giving authorities clearer authority to enforce tracing rules. - Manufacturers and builders: Would require a second, hidden serial number inside the receiver or visible only in infrared for firearms made in the U.S. after the rule takes effect. The Attorney General would have 12 months to issue final regulations and the law would treat unfinished frames or receivers and assembling from them as manufacturing. - Dealers and records: Would require licensed firearms dealers to do physical inventory checks under rules the Attorney General must issue, and would require instant background-check records be preserved for 180 days with implementing regulations issued within 180 days. - Enforcement funding: Would remove or modify multiple past appropriations restrictions tied to 18 U.S.C. 922(t), broadening funding authority for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to implement and enforce those tracing and recordkeeping provisions.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New inventory checks for gun dealers: cost, medium. If enacted, licensed gun dealers would have to do a physical count of their firearms. They would follow rules set by the Attorney General. The Attorney General would have 180 days after enactment to issue those rules. This would add time and compliance costs for federal firearms licensees. The requ…
- New rules for making and marking guns: mixed, medium. If enacted, firearm makers and assemblers would face two big changes. First, within 12 months, the Attorney General would set rules so every gun made after the rule date has a second, hidden serial number inside the receiver or visible only in infrared light. Second, the bill would broaden what cou…
- Background checks: longer records, no fees: mixed, medium. If enacted, the background-check system would keep certain records longer. Records would be destroyed only after 180 days from the date the system meets the listed requirements. The Attorney General would have 180 days after enactment to issue rules to carry this out. The bill would also bar agenci…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3823 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3823)

## Related
- [119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8800)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-12)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3823 (as of 2026-04-21).