I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7166 
To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of am-
munition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases 
of ammunition. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2026 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 
DELBENE, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LOFGREN, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. CHU, 
Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. CARBAJAL, and Ms. TITUS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require 
licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting 
regarding bulk purchases of ammunition. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Online Ammuni-
tion Sales Act of 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PURCHASES OF AMMUNITION. 
(a) LICENSING OF AMMUNITION DEALERS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(a) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘, or importing or manufacturing’’ and inserting 
‘‘or’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
921(a)(11)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘fire-
arms’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR FACE-TO-FACE SALES OF 
AND LICENSING TO SELL AMMUNITION.—Section 922 of 
such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for any person—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(A) except’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) for any person except’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) for— 
‘‘(i) any person except a licensed importer, 
licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to— 
‘‘(I) sell ammunition, except that this 
subclause shall not apply to a sale of am-
munition by a person to a licensed im-
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(g) of such title 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘or ammunition’’ after ‘‘other disposition 
of firearms’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘, or any licensed importer or manufac-
turer of ammunition,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 
any licensed importer, manufacturer, or 
dealer of ammunition,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) Each licensee shall prepare a report of multiple 
sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or 
otherwise disposes of, at one time or during any 5 consecu-
tive business days, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition 
to an unlicensed person. The report shall be prepared on 
a form specified by the Attorney General and forwarded 
to the office specified thereon and to the department of 
State police or State law enforcement agency of the State 
or local law enforcement agency of the local jurisdiction 
in which the sale or other disposition took place, not later 
than the close of business on the day that the multiple 
sale or other disposition occurs.’’. 
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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
4182(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and except as provided in 
paragraph (1)(A) and (3)(C) of section 923(g) of 
such title,’’ before ‘‘no person holding a Federal li-
cense’’. 
Æ 
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