Clean Hands Firearm Procurement Act
This bill prohibits federal agencies from entering contracts with firearm dealers who have been identified as having high crime connections. Specifically, it requires the federal government to publish annually a list of dealers with at least 25 firearms traced to crimes within 3 years of sale in two of the past three years. Federal agencies must then avoid contracting with these dealers for two years following their inclusion on the list. The Attorney General may grant limited national security waivers (with congressional notification), but the ban takes effect 180 days after enactment. This directly affects federal contractors and firearm dealers meeting the defined crime-tracing threshold.
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Introduced Jun 26, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jamie Raskin
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