119th Congress · introduced in the House · Nov 19, 2025
AIM Act
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Latest action (Nov 19, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Nov 19, 2025)
ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2025 or the AIM Act
This bill removes limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
Specifically, the bill removes provisions that
• limit the use of firearms tracing data;
• prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees, or FFLs (e.g., gun dealers);
• prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory;
• require background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours;
• limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act;
• prohibit the ATF from altering the definition of or denying certain import applications for a curio or relic firearm;
• prohibit the denial of a federal firearms license due to lack of business activity;
• prohibit the electronic retrieval of information gathered from firearm transaction records of FFLs that go out of business;
• prohibit the ATF from denying an application to import certain shotguns; and
• limit the number of annual compliance inspections.
Additionally, the bill
• lowers the standard for denying or revoking a federal firearms license due to violations of federal firearms laws by requiring only a knowing violation rather than a willful violation, and
• removes the requirement that an appeal of a denial or revocation of a federal firearms license shall be subject to the de novo standard of judicial review (i.e., without deference to the agency determination).
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE · lobbying firm or registrant: BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f 2025; H.R. 4103/S. 2203: Break the Cycle of Violence Act; H.R. 4883: Local Gun Violence Reduction Act; S. 2514: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025; H.R. 6127/S. 3212: AIM Act; H.R. 6223/S. 3289: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2025; H.R. 6743: Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act; H.R. 5453/S.…
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
BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE · lobbying firm or registrant: BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f 2025; H.R. 4103/S. 2203: Break the Cycle of Violence Act; H.R. 4883: Local Gun Violence Reduction Act; S. 2514: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025; H.R. 6127/S. 3212: AIM Act; H.R. 6223/S. 3289: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2025; H.R. 6743: Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act; H.R. 5453/S.…
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
BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE · lobbying firm or registrant: BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f 2025; H.R. 4103/S. 2203: Break the Cycle of Violence Act; H.R. 4883: Local Gun Violence Reduction Act; S. 2514: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025; H.R. 6127/S. 3212: AIM Act; H.R. 6223/S. 3289: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2025; H.R. 6743: Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act; H.R. 5453/S.…
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
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
…H.R. 5672 - Reducing Unnecessary Slowdowns in Handling Act H.R. 5874 - Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act H.R. 6035 - Second Amendment Restoration Act of 2025 H.R. 6127 - AIM Act H.R. 6223 - Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2025 H.R. 6258 - Disarm Hate Act H.R. 6268 - LEAD Act of 2025 H.R. 6736 - ARMAS Act of 2025 H.R .6…
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
BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE · lobbying firm or registrant: BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f 2025; H.R. 4103/S. 2203: Break the Cycle of Violence Act; H.R. 4883: Local Gun Violence Reduction Act; S. 2514: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025; H.R. 6127/S. 3212: AIM Act; H.R. 6223/S. 3289: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2025; H.R. 6743: Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act; H.R. 5453/S.…
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