Work to prohibit states from using federal funding or background check data to maintain gun registries.

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced the Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection (GRIP) Act to prohibit states from using federal funding or background check data to maintain gun registries.

Risch introduced legislation to prohibit states from using federal resources to maintain gun registries.

Risch, Hyde-Smith Introduce GRIP Act to Block State Gun Registries
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Senator Risch introduced the GRIP Act to prohibit states from using federal funding or background check data to maintain gun registries.

Risch committed to prohibiting states from using federal funding or background check data to maintain gun registries.

Risch, Hyde-Smith Introduce GRIP Act to Block State Gun Registries
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Risch, Hyde-Smith introducing the GRIP Act to block state gun registries.

Sen. Risch is introducing legislation to stop states from using federal money or background-check data to maintain gun registries.

Press Releases - Senator James Risch
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The U.S. Code text in effect on May 30, 2026 says Attorney General rules may not require firearms records to be transferred to federal, state, or local facilities, nor establish a system of registration of firearms, firearm owners, or firearm transactions.

Current federal law contains an anti-registry rulemaking limitation, but this preexisting statute does not itself prohibit states from using federal funds or background-check data to maintain state registries.

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18 USC 926: Rules and regulations
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For S.2105, the print lists Mr. Risch on Mar. 13, 2014. The bill was to prohibit federal funding of a state firearms ownership database and was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Risch took concrete legislative action in his first Senate term by cosponsoring a bill aligned with the promise, but the recorded action was referral to committee, not enactment.

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Senate Committee Print 113-39, Final Calendar of Business
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Congress.gov lists S.2105 as introduced on March 11, 2014, with latest action read twice and referred to committee. CRS summarized it as prohibiting federal agency support, by funding or other means, for state or local firearm-owner listings, except lost or stolen firearms.

The 2014 bill matched the promised policy substance but remained at the Introduced stage, so it did not deliver the prohibition.

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S.2105 - Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act, 113th Congress
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GovInfo lists S.3916 as introduced February 25, 2026 by Hyde-Smith with Risch among cosponsors; the action was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The full title is to prohibit federal funding of state firearm ownership databases.

Risch again backed a GRIP Act vehicle in later Senate service, showing renewed effort, but the official record cited only introduction and committee referral.

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S. 3916 (IS) - Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
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The introduced text defines a state firearm ownership database and states that a federal agency may not fund or otherwise support the establishment or maintenance of such a database, with exceptions for lost or stolen firearms records.

The bill text would satisfy the promised prohibition if enacted, but as introduced text it is evidence of effort rather than completed delivery.

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Text of S. 3916, Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
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Risch's Senate office said Risch and Hyde-Smith introduced the GRIP Act to prohibit states from using federal funding or background check data to maintain gun registries, and said current law already bars a federal firearms registry using background-check information.

The press release directly matches the campaign promise and documents Risch's work on it, while framing the GRIP Act as a needed strengthening of existing law rather than an enacted result.

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Risch, Hyde-Smith Introduce GRIP Act to Block State Gun Registries
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