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Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a ban on rifles capable of firing .50‑caliber ammunition in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. It would also add those rifles to the National Firearms Act, create a 12-month registration pathway for unregistered .50‑caliber rifles, expand who is barred from receiving firearms under the Kingpin Act, and add a limited civil-liability exception for sellers who knowingly deal with designated traffickers.
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- People who possess these rifles would have 12 months to register any unregistered .50‑caliber rifle with the federal National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Registration has no fee or tax and the submitted information may not be used as evidence against the registrant in criminal proceedings for prior or concurrent violations.
- Manufacturers, importers, and dealers would face a federal prohibition on importing, selling, manufacturing, or transferring qualifying .50‑caliber rifles in commerce and those rifles would become a new category under the National Firearms Act. Federal multiple-sale reporting rules would expand to include rifles, increasing when dealers must report multiple or suspicious purchases.
- Persons publicly identified under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and certain Treasury-designated foreign persons would become a prohibited transferee class, making transfers to them illegal. The bill also creates an exception to shield civil suits against manufacturers or sellers who knowingly sell or conspire to sell such a product when the transaction violates the Kingpin Act.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.
Civil lawsuits for prohibited gun sales
This bill would let people sue a gun manufacturer or seller if the defendant knowingly sold or tried to sell a covered firearm and knew or had reason to believe the transaction was prohibited under the Kingpin Act rules. The change would narrow the legal immunity that manufacturers and sellers currently have under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. If enacted, this would increase legal and liability risk for gun makers and dealers.
Ban and register .50 caliber rifles
This bill would ban new imports, sales, manufacture, transfers, and most possession in interstate or foreign commerce of rifles that can fire .50 caliber ammo, with two exceptions. Federal, state, and local governments would be exempt. Rifles lawfully possessed on the enactment date would be grandfathered but owners would have to register any unregistered qualifying rifle with the Secretary within 12 months after enactment. That registration would have no fee, would enter the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and the registration information could not be used as evidence against the registrant in criminal proceedings for prior or concurrent violations. Twelve months after enactment, those grandfathered rifles would be classified under the National Firearms Act.
Background checks block Kingpin transfers
This bill would require background-check systems and dealers to treat transfers that would violate the new Kingpin-based prohibition as disqualifying. The Brady/NICS transfer rules would explicitly include transfers to persons covered by the new prohibition. If enacted, this could mean more denied sales and extra compliance work for dealers and background-check operators while blocking weapons transfers to designated foreign traffickers.
Ban transfers to Kingpin-listed persons
This bill would add people identified under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act to the list of persons who cannot legally receive firearms or ammunition. It would cover persons publicly identified by the President and persons designated by the Treasury Secretary under the Kingpin Act. If enacted, transfers to those listed or designated foreign narcotics traffickers would be unlawful.
Dealers must report multiple rifle sales
This bill would expand the current multiple-sales reporting rule to include rifles. Federal firearms licensees would have to report multiple rifle sales to the same buyer under the same regime that now covers pistols and revolvers. The change would increase paperwork and recordkeeping for dealers.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
TX • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/23/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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