Tribal Firearm Access Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3946 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3946 To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2026 Mr. Mullin (for himself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To allow members of federally recognized Tribes to use their Tribal government identification documents in obtaining a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Firearm Access Act''. SEC. 2. ALLOWING MEMBERS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES TO USE THEIR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS IN OBTAINING A FIREARM FROM A FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. (a) In General.--Section 922(t)(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, or a valid identification document issued by a Tribal government'' before the period. (b) Definition.--Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(39) The term `Tribal government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)).''. (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall tak