HR 1181passed_one119th Congress

Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

Introduced Feb 11, 2025House billPolicy area: Finance and Financial SectorLast action Jul 14, 2026Sponsor: Riley M. Moore(R-WV)

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Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs CommitteeFinancial Services Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jul 15, 2026

What the bill does

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.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Lobbying Filings

$1189.2M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Jan 24, 2025trade

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. bought K

Jan 24, 2025trade

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. bought K

Feb 5, 2025trade

John Boozman bought AXP

Feb 11, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Feb 26, 2025trade

John Boozman bought AXP

Mar 3, 2025trade

Bruce Westerman bought AXP

Official Congressional Actions

Jul 15, 2026IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

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Jul 14, 2026Floor

Rule H. Res. 1423 passed House.

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Jul 14, 2026Floor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4451-4452)

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Jul 14, 2026Floor

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1423. (consideration: CR H4441-4445)

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION	$196.0M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	ACCAGRBAN
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION	NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION	$185.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	FIR
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION	NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
John Boozman	R	AXP	AMERICAN EXPRESS CO	Buy	Feb 5, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	6d before	AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY	30 / 100
John Boozman	R

Conflict Summary

17 trades by 7 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on HR 1181. The average conflict score is 19%.

John Boozman (2 trades)Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (4 trades)Bruce Westerman (2 trades)Jefferson Shreve (4 trades)Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (2 trades)Rick Larsen (2 trades)Marjorie Taylor Greene (1 trade)

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Jake Auchincloss	D	yea	Jul 14, 2026
Mark E. Amodei	R	nay	Jul 14, 2026
Alma S. Adams	D	yea	Jul 14, 2026
Pete Aguilar	D	yea	Jul 14, 2026

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.