H.R. 1698
119th Congress
House
Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025
Official title: To provide accountability for unlawful disclosures of firearm trace data in the Firearms Trace System database, and for other purposes.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Civil actions and liabilityCriminal justice information and recordsFirearms and explosivesFreedom of informationRight of privacy
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
34
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
- CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)
- CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- State, Dept of (DOS)
- White House Office
Cosponsors
25
R
Steube, W. Gregory
R
Tenney, Claudia
R
Gooden, Lance
R
Grothman, Glenn
R
Jack, Brian
R
Rogers, Mike D.
R
Nehls, Troy E.
R
Jackson, Ronny
R
Miller, Max L.
R
Langworthy, Nicholas A.
R
DesJarlais, Scott
R
Crenshaw, Dan
R
Harshbarger, Diana
R
Sessions, Pete
R
Yakym, Rudy
R
Moore, Barry
R
Babin, Brian
R
Collins, Mike
R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
R
Gill, Brandon
R
Harris, Andy
R
Messmer, Mark B.
R
Rutherford, John H.
R
Schmidt, Derek
R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1698: Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1698/
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