Police can buy old agency guns at low prices.

What it does

The bill lets police officers buy guns their agencies no longer use. Officers can buy these guns at salvage value, a very low price. They have six months after they retire to make the purchase. The state must set up this program within one year.

Who it affects

Police officers and retired police officers can buy surplus guns. Agencies get money from selling guns instead of throwing them away.

One thing to notice

Officers pay salvage value, much less than the normal price for guns. The bill does not require background checks or training beyond what law now requires.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

• Mar 21, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Mar 21, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
• Mar 25, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Mar 25, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 9”
• May 15, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 234 - 182 (Roll no. 130).”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $569,548 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 66 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.

Russell Fry, who sponsored the bill, received $806,499 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• National Association for Gun Rights — $429,548 in 2 reports
• National Fraternal Order of Police — $100,000 in 1 report
• Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association — $40,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• police officers — People who work for the U.S. state, not for cities or towns.
• surplus — Extra things that are not needed anymore.
• salvage value — The very low price of something old that will not be used again.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.