HR 1181 | 119th Congress | Introduced

Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

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What this bill does

Generated summary of public bill text (openai:gpt-4o-mini). Links to the source above.

The Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act aims to prevent payment card networks and covered entities from requiring or assigning specific merchant category codes that identify firearms retailers. This legislation seeks to ensure that firearms retailers are treated the same as general merchandise or sporting goods retailers in terms of payment processing. It also establishes enforcement mechanisms through the Attorney General to address violations of this prohibition.

Rider review

No unrelated riders were found in this bill.

Roll-call

On Passage

House | Passed | 2026-07-14

221Yea

D 5 | R 215 | other 1

201Nay

D 200 | R 1

Money lens

Net worth by vote

Personal net worth of the members on each side of the vote. Wealth is the subject of this bill.

Estimated net worth

Summed midpoint estimates from financial disclosures.

Voted yea$2.6B

Voted nay$1.3B

Who benefits

Beneficiary sectors

Derived from the committee of jurisdiction or bill review. Each sector includes the recorded rationale.

Finance & InsurancePrimary
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The record

How each member voted

Every recorded vote in this roll-call, linking to the member profile.

Contributions and votes are public records, shown side by side. Correlation is not causation, and this page does not assert a causal relationship or motive. Donor figures state how many voters they cover; a figure that omits members is labeled.