{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hudson.house.gov/press-releases/hudson-moore-barr-sponsored-legislation-to-stop-unconstitutional-tracking-of-lawful", "Hudson, Moore, Barr-Sponsored Legislation to Stop Unconstitutional Tracking of Lawful Gun Purchases Passes House", "2026-07-14", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Richard Hudson", "H001067", "hudson.house.gov", "hudson", "https://hudson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) applauded House passage of the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, legislation he originally sponsored alongside Representative Riley Moore (R-WV) and Representative Andy Barr (R-KY), to stop financial institutions from tracking law-abiding Americans who shop at gun stores.\n\n\u201cLaw-abiding gun owners should not have their purchases tracked just because they are exercising their Second Amendment rights,\u201d said Rep. Hudson. \u201cI was proud help lead this legislation from the start, and I\u2019m glad the House passed it to protect the privacy and Constitutionally protected freedoms of Americans.\u201d\n\nIn addition to Representatives Hudson, Moore, and Barr, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act is cosponsored by 132 House Republicans. The bill prohibits credit card companies and banks from using Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) to separate firearm retailers from other sporting goods or general merchandise stores, which could be used to monitor lawful gun purchases and build a backdoor registry of Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights.\n\nRead more about the bill in Washington Examiner and Breitbart News.\n\nBackground\n\nIn February 2025, Congressman Hudsonjoined Congressman Moore and Congressman Barr as an original cosponsor of the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act for the 119th Congress.\n\nIn February 2024, Congressman Hudson joined Congresswoman Stefanik and Congressman Barr in introducing the bill and it received widespread support.\n\nAfter Visa, Mastercard, and American Express paused the rollout of the gun store code in March 2023, Congressman Hudson continued fighting to protect the privacy of lawful firearm and ammunition owners.\n\nIn September 2022, Congressman Hudson joined House Republicans in raising concerns that the new code could make it easier to track law-abiding Americans who are simply exercising their Second Amendment rights.\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-07-17T07:15:58Z", "2026-07-17T07:17:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hudson.house.gov/press-releases/hudson-moore-barr-sponsored-legislation-to-stop-unconstitutional-tracking-of-lawful"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6112211160361767, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}