# 119-s-367: Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025

119-s-367, Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-367
- As of: 2026-07-02
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-367
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-02

## Summary

**Ban on .50 caliber rifles** and new legal tools to cut off access to those weapons by foreign drug traffickers. The bill bars most import, manufacture, sale, transfer, and new possession of rifles that fire .50 caliber rounds and brings them under National Firearms Act registration and transfer controls.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on weapons for Kingpin designees: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would bar people named by the President or the Treasury as major foreign drug traffickers from receiving firearms under federal law. This applies to people designated under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. The ban would take effect on enactment.
- Ban and registration for .50 rifles: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would make it illegal to import, sell, make, transfer, or have a rifle that can fire .50 caliber ammo in interstate or foreign commerce, with narrow exceptions for the U.S. government and states. Rifles lawfully owned on the date of enactment would be grandfathered, but owners…
- New lawsuit option for gun sellers: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would allow civil lawsuits against gun makers or sellers who knowingly sell or try to sell firearms in transactions they knew or should have known were prohibited under the Kingpin Act. This removes part of the usual immunity for manufacturers and sellers in those specific case…
- New background checks for Kingpin transfers: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would change Brady Act and NICS rules so transfers to people barred by the Kingpin designation count as prohibited in background checks. This would change how dealers and background-check systems handle those sales and would take effect on enactment.

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-367 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/367)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-367 (as of 2026-07-02).