H.R. 2648
119th Congress
House
Secure Background Checks Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or rece… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
22
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- 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)
- White House Office
- Education, Dept of
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2648: Secure Background Checks Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2648/
"H.R. 2648: Secure Background Checks Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2648/.
H.R. 2648, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2648/.
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