Background Check Expansion Act
Official title: A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Background Check Expansion Act
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, such as a gift between spouses.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3214: Background Check Expansion Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3214/
"S. 3214: Background Check Expansion Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3214/.
S. 3214, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3214/.
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