H.R. 3868 (IH) - Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2025 - BILLS-119hr3868ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

June 10, 2025

Action

Mr. Clyburn (for himself, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. McBride, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tran, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. Sykes, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mrs. McBath, and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Bill Number

H.R. 3868

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2025

Full Title

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.

Sponsors

James E. Clyburn(SC)

Cosponsors

Gabe Amo (RI); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Jake Auchincloss (MA); Joyce Beatty (OH); Wesley Bell (MO); Ami Bera (CA); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Brendan F. Boyle (PA); Shontel M. Brown (OH); Julia Brownley (CA); Sean Casten (IL); Kathy Castor (FL); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Troy A. Carter (LA); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Steve Cohen (TN); Joe Courtney (CT); Angie Craig (MN); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Danny K. Davis (IL); Madeleine Dean (PA); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Dwight Evans (PA); Cleo Fields (LA); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Bill Foster (IL); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Robert Garcia (CA); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Jahana Hayes (CT); Steven Horsford (NV); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Glenn Ivey (MD); Sara Jacobs (CA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Rick Larsen (WA); Susie Lee (NV); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); Sarah McBride (DE); Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Betty McCollum (MN); Morgan McGarvey (KY); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Robert Menendez (NJ); Kweisi Mfume (MD); Gwen Moore (WI); Jared Moskowitz (FL); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Seth Moulton (MA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Joe Neguse (CO); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Scott H. Peters (CA); Chellie Pingree (ME); Stacey E. Plaskett (VI); Mark Pocan (WI); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Andrea Salinas (OR); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); David Scott (GA); Brad Sherman (CA); Mikie Sherrill (NJ); Adam Smith (WA); Haley M. Stevens (MI); Marilyn Strickland (WA); Suhas Subramanyam (VA); Eric Swalwell (CA); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Mike Thompson (CA); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Derek Tran (CA); Lauren Underwood (IL); Juan Vargas (CA); Marc A. Veasey (TX); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Nikema Williams (GA); Emilia Strong Sykes (OH); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Julie Johnson (TX); Lucy McBath (GA); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY)

Committees

Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)

United States Code References

18 U.S.C. 922
34 U.S.C. 40901