H.R. 7698

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7698 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7698

To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal 
government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a 
federally licensed firearms dealer.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2026

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cole, and Mr. 
Smith of Nebraska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal 
government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a 
federally licensed firearms dealer.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Firearm Access Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING MEMBERS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES TO USE THEIR 
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS IN OBTAINING A 
FIREARM FROM A FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER.

(a) In General.--Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``, or a valid identification document 
issued by a Tribal government'' before the period.
(b) Definition.--Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
``(39) The term `Tribal government' means the recognized governing 
body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, 
village, community, component band, or component reservation, 
individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list 
published most recently as of the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)).''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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