H.R. 70

Summary

H.R. 70, the No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Andy Biggs (R) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Jan 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 70 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 70 IH: No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-03
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 70  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 3, 2025   Mr. Biggs of Arizona  (for himself,  Mr. Ogles , and  Mr. Cline ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To prohibit the Administrator of General Services from awarding contracts for certain commercial payment systems under the SmartPay Program, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act  .
2.
Prohibition on awarding contracts for certain commercial payment systems under the SmartPay Program
(a)
In general
The Administrator of General Services may not award a contract under the SmartPay Program for the procurement of a commercial payment system that uses a payment processing agency that has implemented a merchant category code for gun retailers.
(b)
Applicability
This Act shall not apply to any contract awarded before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Andy Biggs (R) sponsors H.R. 70, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Andy Biggs

Rep. · R–AZ-5 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Ben Cline

Rep. · R–VA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Andrew Ogles

Rep. · R–TN-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Lauren Boebert

Rep. · R–CO-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 14, 2025

Jeff Van Drew

Rep. · R–NJ-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 24, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 70 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 70 has taken 2 actions since Jan 3, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 70 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 70 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act — Display Title
• No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To prohibit the Administrator of General Services from awarding contracts for certain commercial payment systems under the SmartPay Program, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 70 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Firearms/Guns/Ammunition.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 70 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 70’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 70 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Consumer credit to Public contracts and procurement.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 70, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BIGGS of Arizona:H.R. 70.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:The single subject of this bill is to prohibit GSA fromawarding contracts to certain commercial payment systemsunder the SmartPay Program.[Page H38]

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