Identify Gun Stores Act

Bill: 118-hr-7352
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2024-02-14
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2024-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7352 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2024 Mr. Frost (for himself, Mr. Horsford , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , and Mr. Moskowitz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To prohibit States from prohibiting or otherwise deterring the usage of any merchant category code established by the International Organization for Standardization, including codes that identify firearm merchants and ammunition merchants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Identify Gun Stores Act . 2. Preemption relating to merchant category codes Section 5313 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following: (h) Merchant category code usage (1) In general No State may prohibit or otherwise deter the usage of any merchant category code established by the International Organization for Standardization, including codes that identify firearm merchants and ammunition merchants. (2) Enforcement The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court to enforce this subsection. .