Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
Official title: To require a background check for every firearm sale.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
This bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals).
Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check.
The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers or exchanges, such as a gift between spouses.
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- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- GIFFORDS
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- 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)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Education, Dept of
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-18/
"H.R. 18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-18/.
H.R. 18, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-18/.
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