Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

This bill prohibits payment card networks from using merchant codes that distinguish firearms retailers from general-merchandise retailers or sporting-goods retailers.

The Department of Justice must enforce this bill and report annually on the resulting investigations and cases.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House), via GovInfo BILLSTATUS. Text, sponsors and history on Congress.gov. Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Riley [R-WV-2].

Passed 221–201 on July 14, 2026 · On Passage

Democrats 5–200, Independents 1–0, Republicans 215–1

Source: Official roll call · Voteview