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Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2025
To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2025
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to state, local, or tribal governments, or gun dealers, to conduct gun buyback programs. Gun dealers must turn over any collected firearms to the appropriate government agency, as specified.
The BJA may distribute smart prepaid cards for a state, local, or tribal government, or gun dealer, to load funds to compensate individuals who dispose of firearms.
Additionally, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for using or accepting a smart prepaid card in the acquisition or transfer of a firearm or ammunition. A violator is subject to a fine.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Apr 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Apr 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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