No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act

H.R. 70 would prevent the General Services Administration from awarding contracts under the SmartPay Program to payment processing agencies that have created merchant category codes specifically for gun retailers. The SmartPay Program is a federal procurement system used by government agencies to process payments and manage commercial transactions. If enacted, this bill would restrict which payment processors the federal government can use based on their policies toward firearms retailers.

The bill targets payment processors that have implemented special merchant category codes for gun retailers, a practice some financial companies have adopted to track firearms sales separately. Under this proposal, the federal government would be prohibited from contracting with such processors for its payment systems. This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and has been referred to committee for consideration.