The "Background Check Completion Act of 2025" seeks to enhance federal firearms background check requirements by prohibiting licensed dealers from selling a firearm until the background check is fully completed. It amends Section 922(t)(1) of title 18, United States Code, which governs firearm transfers. A central provision of this bill eliminates the current allowance for a firearm sale to proceed if the background check system has not provided a definitive response within a specified number of business days. Specifically, it strikes the language that sets a maximum time limit for background checks from the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. This change ensures that all firearm transfers by licensed dealers require a completed background check , thereby closing the "default proceed" loophole and preventing sales to potentially prohibited individuals due to delayed responses.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Background Check Completion Act of 2025
USA119th CongressS-3458| Senate
| Updated: 12/11/2025
The "Background Check Completion Act of 2025" seeks to enhance federal firearms background check requirements by prohibiting licensed dealers from selling a firearm until the background check is fully completed. It amends Section 922(t)(1) of title 18, United States Code, which governs firearm transfers. A central provision of this bill eliminates the current allowance for a firearm sale to proceed if the background check system has not provided a definitive response within a specified number of business days. Specifically, it strikes the language that sets a maximum time limit for background checks from the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. This change ensures that all firearm transfers by licensed dealers require a completed background check , thereby closing the "default proceed" loophole and preventing sales to potentially prohibited individuals due to delayed responses.