{"id":"9d08ef63-67b4-444d-92ee-9273033aebdb","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"s","billNumber":2155,"title":"Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2025","displayTitle":"Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2025","abstract":"Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2025 This bill broadens the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to administer federal laws governing the licensing, inspection, and enforcement of federally licensed dealers, importers, and manufacturers of firearms (federal firearms licensees, or FFLs). The bill also increases criminal penalties for FFLs and licensed collectors who commit certain recordkeeping violations. With respect to licensing, the bill allows the ATF to deny an application for a federal firearms license if it would endanger public safety or if the applicant is unlikely to comply with the law. Additionally, the bill enhances the ATF's inspection authority, including by increasing the maximum number of annual compliance inspections to three (currently, one) and by authorizing an additional 80 personnel to conduct inspections. The bill also expands the ATF's enforcement authority, including by allowing it to suspend the license of or impose a civil penalty on an FFL who violates federal firearms laws or regulations and by allowing it to require an FFL to conduct physical inventories if the FFL unlawfully transfers a firearm or if 10 or more firearms used in a crime are traced back to the FFL. Finally, the bill increases the maximum prison term to five years (currently, one year) for an FFL or licensed collector who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in required firearms records.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>ATF would be authorized to inspect licensed firearms dealers up to three times per year, instead of the current once-per-year limit, and could hire at least 80 additional employees to carry out the inspections. Maximum prison time for dealer recordkeeping violations would rise from one year to five years, and to ten years if the violation aided illegal gun sales. The Attorney General would gain new authority to suspend dealer licenses, impose civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, and deny new licenses on public-safety grounds. Dealers who unlawfully transferred a firearm or had 10 or more crime guns traced to them could be ordered to conduct a full physical inventory.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["FOREIGN_POLICY","GOVERNMENT_OPERATIONS"],"introducedAt":"2025-06-24T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-06-24T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2155","accountabilityFlags":{"criminal_justice":["↑ Federal prison time for dealer recordkeeping — Raised from 1 year to 5 years, up to 10 years if tied to trafficking","↑ Dealer-licensing liability — `Willfully` standard removed from license denial and revocation"],"transparency_accountability":["↑ ATF compliance inspections — Allowed 3 times per year instead of once","↑ ATF staffing — At least 80 additional employees authorized for inspections","↑ ATF reports to Congress — Required biennially on dealer compliance and resources","↑ Physical inventory authority — Triggered when 10+ crime guns trace to a dealer"]},"tldr":"Triples ATF's yearly inspections of gun dealers, adds up to 80 more inspectors, and raises penalties for recordkeeping violations to up to 10 years.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Crime and Law Enforcement","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":null,"dateAdded":"2026-05-19T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":null,"recordId":"9d08ef63-67b4-444d-92ee-9273033aebdb","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/2155","websiteBillId":"S-2155","yourvoiceSummary":"ATF would be authorized to inspect licensed firearms dealers up to three times per year, instead of the current once-per-year limit, and could hire at least 80 additional employees to carry out the inspections. Maximum prison time for dealer recordkeeping violations would rise from one year to five years, and to ten years if the violation aided illegal gun sales. The Attorney General would gain new authority to suspend dealer licenses, impose civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, and deny new licenses on public-safety grounds. Dealers who unlawfully transferred a firearm or had 10 or more crime guns traced to them could be ordered to conduct a full physical inventory.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T04:12:06.770378+00:00"}