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Iron Pipeline Review Act

Introduced
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Introduced 2025-01-16
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Officially: “Iron Pipeline Review Act Read the full text

Crime and Law Enforcement

What it does

The bill requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to report to Congress every year, starting one year after enactment, on firearms trafficked along Interstate 95. Each report must list the number of firearms by state of origin, make, and model, analyze how well current countermeasures and specific laws work, and describe any resulting actions taken, plus recommendations and proposals for new legislation or funding to fight the trafficking.
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1Short title

This section gives the Act the short title "Iron Pipeline Review Act."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iron Pipeline Review Act .

2Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives report on firearms trafficking along the I-95 corridor

This section would require the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, working with state and local law enforcement entities and any other agencies or stakeholders the Director decides are appropriate, to submit a report on firearms trafficked along Interstate 95 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. The first report would be due no later than 1 year after this Act is enacted, and the Director would have to submit another report every year after that. The report would have to include an analysis of the number of firearms trafficked along Interstate 95, listing the firearms by state of origin and by make and model; an analysis of how effective measures against firearm trafficking have been; an analysis of specific local, state, and federal laws that affect the number of firearms trafficked; and a description of any actions directed as a result of that analysis. The report would also have to include, where appropriate, recommendations for federal, state, and local law enforcement entities to improve the firearm trafficking measures covered by the analysis, and proposals for legislative action and funding needed to improve measures to counter firearm trafficking.

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2. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives report on firearms trafficking along the I–95 corridor Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, in consultation with State and local law enforcement entities, and other agencies or stakeholders as determined appropriate by the Director, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on firearms trafficked along Interstate 95 that contains the following: (1) An analysis of the number of firearms trafficked along Interstate 95, that contains the following: (A) Firearms listed by the State of origin, and the make and model of the firearm. (B) An analysis of the effectiveness of counter firearm trafficking measures. (C) An analysis of specific local, State and Federal laws that affect the number of firearms trafficked. (D) A description of any actions directed as a result of the analysis conducted under this section. (2) Recommendations, as appropriate, for Federal, State and local law enforcement entities to improve firearm trafficking measures referred to in paragraph (1). (3) Proposals, as appropriate, for legislative actions and funding needed to improve measures to counter firearm trafficking.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-01-16

In the House.

Committee, then floor votes in both chambers · next · the next step

Official documents

The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
1
sponsor, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTSvia NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
6 filings
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INCvia GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
4 filings
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTSvia AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
2 filings
From 12 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (2025-01-16).