Bill > S1652

This bill, the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2025, aims to address gun violence through multiple strategies. The legislation seeks to improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by requiring federal agencies to prioritize and share relevant records, refining definitions related to mental health disqualifications for firearm ownership, and establishing new task forces to investigate and prosecute firearms-related crimes. Key provisions include creating a Felon and Fugitive Firearm Task Force to strengthen efforts against illegal firearm purchases, authorizing $15 million annually for prosecuting firearms violations, and establishing regional firearms trafficking task forces in four major field divisions. The bill also mandates a comprehensive study by the National Institute of Justice on mass shooting causes, requires detailed reports on federal ammunition purchases, and introduces potential financial penalties for states that do not adequately provide mental health records to NICS. Additionally, the legislation increases penalties for lying on firearm purchase forms, modifies interstate firearm transportation rules, and aims to prevent duplicative federal grants. The bill balances efforts to reduce gun violence with provisions intended to protect Second Amendment rights, such as clarifying conditions for considering someone mentally incompetent and modernizing firearm commerce regulations.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1652/all-info