Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3085 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3085

   To ensure that certain operations, functions, and services of the
Federal Government relating to enforcement of firearms laws and firearm
      export licensing continue during a lapse in appropriations.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 30, 2025

   Mr. Risch (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Crapo, Mr.
Daines, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Justice, Mr. Sheehy, and Mr.
   Ricketts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

   To ensure that certain operations, functions, and services of the
Federal Government relating to enforcement of firearms laws and firearm
      export licensing continue during a lapse in appropriations.

    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 ``Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN FIREARM-RELATED OPERATIONS DURING
              GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

    (a) In General.--The operations, functions, and services described
in subsection (b) shall be deemed to relate to an emergency involving
the safety of human life or the protection of property for purposes of
section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, and the employees
carrying out those operations, functions, and services shall be deemed
to be excepted employees, as defined in section 1341(c) of that title.
    (b) Operations, Functions, and Services.--The operations,
functions, and services described in this subsection are the
operations, functions, and services of--
            (1) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
        of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including the
        processing of background checks in support of the operations of
        the Directorate of Enforcement Programs and Services of the
        Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
            (2) the Directorate of Enforcement Programs and Services of
        the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
            (3) the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department
        of Commerce relating to firearms and firearm-related products,
        including activities related to processing of applications for
        export licenses; and
            (4) the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the
        Department of State relating to firearms and firearm-related
        products, including activities related to processing of
        applications for export licenses.
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