S. 1715
119th Congress
Senate
Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
Official title: A bill to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retail… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or sporting goods retailer, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
16
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Cosponsors
32
R
Moreno, Bernie
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Young, Todd
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Moody, Ashley
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Blackburn, Marsha
R
Cotton, Tom
R
Tuberville, Tommy
R
Lankford, James
R
Graham, Darline
R
Cornyn, John
R
McCormick, David
R
Banks, Jim
R
Sheehy, Tim
R
Capito, Shelley Moore
R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
R
Marshall, Roger
R
Wicker, Roger F.
R
Barrasso, John
R
Budd, Ted
R
Cassidy, Bill
R
Cramer, Kevin
R
Crapo, Mike
R
Daines, Steve
R
Fischer, Deb
R
Graham, Lindsey
R
Hoeven, John
R
Justice, James C.
R
Lee, Mike
R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Mullin, Markwayne
R
Ricketts, Pete
R
Risch, James E.
R
Scott, Rick
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1715: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/
"S. 1715: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/.
S. 1715, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/.
[S. 1715: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/)