Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Castro (TX)
Introduced
Summary
Prohibits interstate and foreign commerce in .50‑caliber rifles and builds a federal framework to register and restrict them. The bill would also add certain .50‑caliber rifles to the National Firearms Act (NFA) and create new transfer and reporting limits tied to foreign narcotics designations.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Ban and registration for .50 rifles
This bill would ban importing, making, selling, transferring, or possessing rifles that can fire .50 caliber ammo in interstate or foreign commerce, unless an exception applies. Government use would be exempt. People who already owned one before enactment could keep it if they register it within 12 months after enactment. Registration would be free and entered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and the information could not be used against the registrant for past or same-time crimes. These changes would take effect 12 months after enactment.
Tougher rules for kingpin-linked sales
The bill would bar gun transfers to people the President or Treasury name as major foreign drug traffickers under the Kingpin Act. Background checks would treat these people as prohibited buyers. It would also let civil suits go forward against a maker or seller that sells or tries to sell when they knew or should have known the deal was banned under the Kingpin Act.
Dealers must report multiple rifle sales
If enacted, federal firearms dealers would have to report multiple sales that include rifles, not just pistols and revolvers. This would mean more reporting and recordkeeping for licensed dealers. No new fee is specified in this change.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Cosponsors
Escobar
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
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Schakowsky
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
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Auchincloss
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
Simon
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
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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