The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2026
HR 2267 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Thomas Massie (R)

NICS Data Reporting Act of 2025

Requires the Justice Department to report annual demographic data on people denied gun purchases.

Tradeoff

Mandates annual reporting on firearm denial demographics to Congress. No spending or revenue impact stated.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 over the 2025-2030 period, subject to .

The $500,000 is the federal cost to compile and report demographic data on existing NICS background check denials—the policy itself has no direct cost impact on regulated parties or taxpayers beyond this minimal administrative overhead.

H.R. 2267, NICS Data Reporting Act of 2025 · Apr 2025

Passed the House by on May 12, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 21, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on the Judiciary(Mar 21, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Mar 25, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-336.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 12, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on the Judiciary(May 13, 2026)