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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.

Introduced: May 12, 2025 Introduced by: Bill Hagerty Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1715: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/
MLA
"S. 1715: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/.
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S. 1715, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/.
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[S. 1715: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1715/)
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