S. 2562 119th Congress Senate

Equal Shot Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to promote fair and equal treatment by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration with respect to certain firearms industry applicants for assistance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 31, 2025 Introduced by: James E. Risch Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov

Commerce

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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To President

Became law

Jul 31, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Jul 31, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now July 31, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
for NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9 filings
SENATE
9 filings
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
7 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
7 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 19

Graham, Darline

South Carolina · Jul 28, 2026

Sullivan, Dan

Alaska · Aug 2, 2025

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Jul 31, 2025

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · Jul 31, 2025

Capito, Shelley Moore

West Virginia · Jul 31, 2025

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Jul 31, 2025

Crapo, Mike

Idaho · Jul 31, 2025

Daines, Steve

Montana · Jul 31, 2025

Fischer, Deb

Nebraska · Jul 31, 2025

Graham, Lindsey

South Carolina · Jul 31, 2025

Hyde-Smith, Cindy

Mississippi · Jul 31, 2025

Justice, James C.

West Virginia · Jul 31, 2025

Kennedy, John

Louisiana · Jul 31, 2025

Lankford, James

Oklahoma · Jul 31, 2025

Lee, Mike

Utah · Jul 31, 2025

Lummis, Cynthia M.

Wyoming · Jul 31, 2025

Scott, Tim

South Carolina · Jul 31, 2025

Sheehy, Tim

Montana · Jul 31, 2025

Tuberville, Tommy

Alabama · Jul 31, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2562: Equal Shot Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2562/

MLA

"S. 2562: Equal Shot Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2562/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 2562, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2562/.

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