Background Check Completion Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Background Check Completion Act of 2025
This bill prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- GIFFORDS
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- GIFFORDS
- 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)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Education, Dept of
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3458: Background Check Completion Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3458/
"S. 3458: Background Check Completion Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3458/.
S. 3458, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3458/.
[S. 3458: Background Check Completion Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3458/)