119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 20, 2025

H.R. 563

No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act

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Latest action (Jan 20, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Summary

Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 20, 2025)

No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act

This bill modifies the retention requirements for firearm transaction records of federal firearms licensees (FFLs) that go out of business.

Current law generally requires FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

This bill removes the requirement for FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the ATF. Further, the bill requires the ATF to destroy all out-of-business records it has collected from FFLs.

Sponsor

Michael Cloud (R-TX-27)

Cosponsors (74)

74 current

Scott Perry (R-PA-10) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Dusty Johnson (R-SD at-large) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Tracey Mann (R-KS-1) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Barry Moore (R-AL-1) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Mike Bost (R-IL-12) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
John W. Rose (R-TN-6) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Chip Roy (R-TX-21) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Pete Sessions (R-TX-17) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Keith Self (R-TX-3) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Roger Williams (R-TX-25) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Aaron Bean (R-FL-4) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Eric Burlison (R-MO-7) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Ben Cline (R-VA-6) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Byron Donalds (R-FL-19) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Warren Davidson (R-OH-8) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Ron Estes (R-KS-4) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Pat Fallon (R-TX-4) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Russell Fry (R-SC-7) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Lance Gooden (R-TX-5) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Mark E. Green (R-TN-7) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Andy Harris (R-MD-1) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Richard Hudson (R-NC-9) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Clay Higgins (R-LA-3) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY at-large) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Mark Harris (R-NC-8) · Jan 20, 2025 · original
Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3) · Jan 22, 2025
Adrian Smith (R-NE-3) · Jan 22, 2025
Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) · Jan 22, 2025
Darin LaHood (R-IL-16) · Feb 7, 2025
John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5) · Feb 7, 2025
David J. Taylor (R-OH-2) · Mar 14, 2025
Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21) · Apr 8, 2025
Tony Wied (R-WI-8) · May 14, 2025
Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) · Jun 25, 2025
Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8) · Jul 10, 2025
Jack Bergman (R-MI-1) · Jul 10, 2025
Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) · Sep 9, 2025
James Comer (R-KY-1) · Oct 24, 2025
Tim Moore (R-NC-14) · Oct 28, 2025
Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5) · Nov 7, 2025
H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9) · Nov 12, 2025
August Pfluger (R-TX-11) · Apr 16, 2026
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5) · Apr 22, 2026
Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15) · Jun 23, 2026
Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7) · Jul 16, 2026
Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1) · Aug 31, 2026
Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10) · Sep 2, 2026
Troy Downing (R-MT-2) · Sep 2, 2026
James R. Baird (R-IN-4) · Sep 10, 2026

Recorded votes on this bill

Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.

No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.

Actions

Jan 20, 2025 · House floor actions
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 20, 2025 · Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Jan 20, 2025 · Library of Congress
Introduced in House

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Subjects

Business records · Congressional oversight · Firearms and explosives · Government information and archives

Lobbying reports citing this bill

LD-2 reports whose issue descriptions explicitly cite this bill (bill type and number validated against Congress.gov records). A citation does not establish the client's position or any contact with a member.

Coverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 24, 2026.

11 citations.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$169,582
Spent on own lobbying
…s: H.R. 38, H.R. 45, H.R. 60, H.R. 129, H.R. 169, H.R. 221, H.R. 223, H.R. 335, H.R. 373, H.R. 404, H.R. 454, H.R. 496, H.R. 532, H.R. 543, H.R. 544, H.R. 556, H.R. 563, H.R. 607, H.R. 613, H.R. 624, H.R. 631, H.R. 645, H.R. 850, H.R. 943, H.R. 962, H.R. 1041, H.R. 1097, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1224, H.R. 1272, H.R. 1307, H.R. 1456, H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 22, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$293,250
Spent on own lobbying
…s: H.R. 38, H.R. 45, H.R. 60, H.R. 129, H.R. 169, H.R. 221, H.R. 223, H.R. 335, H.R. 373, H.R. 404, H.R. 454, H.R. 496, H.R. 532, H.R. 543, H.R. 544, H.R. 556, H.R. 563, H.R. 607, H.R. 613, H.R. 624, H.R. 631, H.R. 645, H.R. 850, H.R. 943, H.R. 962, H.R. 1041, H.R. 1097, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1224, H.R. 1272, H.R. 1307, H.R. 1456, H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 18, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$289,886
Spent on own lobbying
…s: H.R. 38, H.R. 45, H.R. 60, H.R. 129, H.R. 169, H.R. 221, H.R. 223, H.R. 335, H.R. 373, H.R. 404, H.R. 454, H.R. 496, H.R. 532, H.R. 543, H.R. 544, H.R. 556, H.R. 563, H.R. 607, H.R. 613, H.R. 624, H.R. 631, H.R. 645, H.R. 850, H.R. 943, H.R. 962, H.R. 1041, H.R. 1097, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1224, H.R. 1272, H.R. 1307, H.R. 1456, H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Apr 8, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$545,728
Spent on own lobbying
…he use of the ghost gun H.R. 545 - To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence H.R. 563 - No REGISTRY Rights Act H.R. 607 - ATF Accountability Act of 2025 H.R. 613 - ATF Transparency Act H.R. 624 - RIFLE Act of 2025 H.R. 631 - PARTS Act of 2025 H.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$136,298
Spent on own lobbying
…s: H.R. 38, H.R. 45, H.R. 60, H.R. 129, H.R. 169, H.R. 221, H.R. 223, H.R. 335, H.R. 373, H.R. 404, H.R. 454, H.R. 496, H.R. 532, H.R. 543, H.R. 544, H.R. 556, H.R. 563, H.R. 607, H.R. 613, H.R. 624, H.R. 631, H.R. 645, H.R. 850, H.R. 943, H.R. 962, H.R. 1041, H.R. 1097, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1224, H.R. 1272, H.R. 1307, H.R. 1456, H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Nov 7, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$465,065
Spent on own lobbying
…he use of the ghost gun H.R. 545 - To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence H.R. 563 - No REGISTRY Rights Act H.R. 607 - ATF Accountability Act of 2025 H.R. 613 - ATF Transparency Act H.R. 624 - RIFLE Act of 2025 H.R. 631 - PARTS Act of 2025 H.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 14, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$296,609
Spent on own lobbying
…s: H.R. 38, H.R. 45, H.R. 60, H.R. 129, H.R. 169, H.R. 221, H.R. 223, H.R. 335, H.R. 373, H.R. 404, H.R. 454, H.R. 496, H.R. 532, H.R. 543, H.R. 544, H.R. 556, H.R. 563, H.R. 607, H.R. 613, H.R. 624, H.R. 631, H.R. 645, H.R. 850, H.R. 943, H.R. 962, H.R. 1041, H.R. 1097, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1224, H.R. 1272, H.R. 1307, H.R. 1456, H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$679,015
Spent on own lobbying
…and for other purposes. S. 137 - FIND Act H.R. 543 - Iron Pipeline Review Act S. 123 - Handgun Permit to Purchase Act H.R. 532 - Handgun Permit to Purchase Act H.R. 563 - No REGISTRY Rights Act H.R. 624 - RIFLE Act of 2025 H.R. 607 - ATF Accountability Act of 2025 H.R. 613 - ATF Transparency Act H.R. 631 - PARTS Act of 2025 H.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$304,783
Spent on own lobbying
…s: H.R. 38, H.R. 45, H.R. 60, H.R. 129, H.R. 169, H.R. 221, H.R. 223, H.R. 335, H.R. 373, H.R. 404, H.R. 454, H.R. 496, H.R. 532, H.R. 543, H.R. 544, H.R. 556, H.R. 563, H.R. 607, H.R. 613, H.R. 624, H.R. 631, H.R. 645, H.R. 850, H.R. 943, H.R. 962, H.R. 1041, H.R. 1097, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1224, H.R. 1272, H.R. 1307, H.R. 1456, H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted May 13, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$650,372
Spent on own lobbying
…and for other purposes. S. 137 - FIND Act H.R. 543 - Iron Pipeline Review Act S. 123 - Handgun Permit to Purchase Act H.R. 532 - Handgun Permit to Purchase Act H.R. 563 - No REGISTRY Rights Act H.R. 624 - RIFLE Act of 2025 H.R. 607 - ATF Accountability Act of 2025 H.R. 613 - ATF Transparency Act H.R. 631 - PARTS Act of 2025 H.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted May 9, 2025 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$202,606
Spent on own lobbying
…s: H.R. 38, H.R. 45, H.R. 60, H.R. 129, H.R. 169, H.R. 221, H.R. 223, H.R. 335, H.R. 373, H.R. 404, H.R. 454, H.R. 496, H.R. 532, H.R. 543, H.R. 544, H.R. 556, H.R. 563, H.R. 607, H.R. 613, H.R. 624, H.R. 631, H.R. 645, H.R. 850, H.R. 943, H.R. 962, H.R. 1041, H.R. 1097, H.R. 1181, H.R. 1224, H.R. 1272, H.R. 1307, H.R. 1456, H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing