1HOUSE · JUL 14, 2026
Passed the House
221–201PASSED
R 215–1 D 5–200 I 1–0
On Passage · roll 240 · 9 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
Official title: To prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Riley Moore R-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Committee actionDec 16, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2026 · 221–201
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1181.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-522 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 25, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/522
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1181, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1181
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1181, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1181
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 1181. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommitHouse · Jul 14, 2026 · roll 239R 0–216 D 208–0 I 0–1208–217Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
132 cosponsors — 132 Republicans
0 of 132 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Troy Downing (R-MT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Gabe Evans (R-CO) and 102 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Riley Moore.
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- H.Res. 412 (119th) Congratulating His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his historic election as the 267th pontiff of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and the first…
- H.Res. 594 (119th) Condemning the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries.
- H.R. 2147 (119th) Stop CCP VISAs Act of 2025
- H.R. 8341 (119th) DEPORT Act of 2026
- H.R. 7115 (119th) Jumpstart Savings Act
Related bills
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.