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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 2948

Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-04-17Topic: criminal justice

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-04-17HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-04-17Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-04-17Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-02. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.