H.R. 5453 · 119th Congress
RRLEF Act of 2025
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Responsible Retirement of Law Enforcement Firearms Act of 2025 or the RRLEF Act of 2025
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 18, 2025
Responsible Retirement of Law Enforcement Firearms Act of 2025 or the RRLEF Act of 2025
This bill establishes a framework to limit the transfer of firearms to and purchase from federally licensed gun dealers whose firearms have a short time to crime. The term short time to crime means a period of three years or less between the date of the last known retail sale of a firearm and the date a firearm is recovered in an actual or suspected criminal offense.
Specifically, the bill directs the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to notify a state or local law enforcement agency if a firearm transferred by the agency is used, or suspected of being used, in the commission of a criminal offense, as traced by the National Tracing Center.
Additionally, the bill directs the ATF to publish annually a list of federally licensed gun dealers who have 25 or more traces of firearms with a short time to crime in at least two of the three previous years.
The bill prohibits a state (including the District of Columbia), territory, or local government that receives funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program from transferring a firearm to, or purchasing a firearm from, a dealer on the list.
The bill removes limits on the authority of the ATF to disclose firearms tracing data.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: RRLEF Act of 2025
Also known as: Responsible Retirement of Law Enforcement Firearms Act of 2025
Latest action (Sep 18, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 18, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.