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.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H239E6A9FA3AC40F8B38B3911A24F4814: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Identify Gun Stores Act.
- Section H8D7B71F1CAF34271AB2DEA2F8C5C6A1D: 2. Preemption relating to merchant category codes Section 5313 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following:...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Frost (for himself, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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