H.R.1698

Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025

Introduced·2/27/25

Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025: Accountability for unlawful firearm trace data disclosures.

The Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025 aims to hold accountable entities that unlawfully disclose firearm trace data from the Firearms Trace System database. It allows for fines, punitive damages, and attorney's fees for violations. The Attorney General can enforce fines and may deny access to protected information for a year after multiple violations. The act also provides a private right of action for entities adversely affected by such disclosures, waiving sovereign immunity.

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Current
Judiciary Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

Feb 27, 2025

House

Introduced in House

Feb 27, 2025

House

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.