H.R. 1224 119th Congress House

Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act

Official title: To prohibit the use of a merchant category code that separately identifies firearms merchants or ammunition merchants, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2025 Introduced by: Andrew Ogles Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov

Commerce

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Feb 12, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Financial Services Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
11 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
11 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11 filings
SENATE
11 filings
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 17

Hamadeh, Abraham J.

Arizona · Jul 14, 2025

Yakym, Rudy

Indiana · Jun 5, 2025

Jackson, Ronny

Texas · Mar 3, 2025

Van Drew, Jefferson

New Jersey · Feb 13, 2025

Biggs, Andy

Arizona · Feb 12, 2025

Edwards, Chuck

North Carolina · Feb 12, 2025

Finstad, Brad

Minnesota · Feb 12, 2025

Gill, Brandon

Texas · Feb 12, 2025

Gosar, Paul A.

Arizona · Feb 12, 2025

Grothman, Glenn

Wisconsin · Feb 12, 2025

Hageman, Harriet M.

Wyoming · Feb 12, 2025

Moolenaar, John R.

Michigan · Feb 12, 2025

Newhouse, Dan

Washington · Feb 12, 2025

Norman, Ralph

South Carolina · Feb 12, 2025

Rose, John W.

Tennessee · Feb 12, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1224: Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1224/

MLA

"H.R. 1224: Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1224/.

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H.R. 1224, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1224/.

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