FIND Act Introduced in the 119th Congress

U.S. Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI-01) recently reintroduced H.R. 45, the Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act (FIND Act). U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) also introduced a companion bill in the U.S. Senate (S. 137). This important legislation would protect the firearm and ammunition industries from virtue signaling corporate policies that attempt to discourage constitutionally protected Second Amendment activity.

The FIND Act would prevent corporations and other entities that receive government contracts from discriminating against the firearm and ammunition industries. This is especially important in relation to large financial institutions, which have wielded their size and influence in an attempt to restrict firearm manufacturers from conducting constitutionally protected business at the behest of gun-grabbing activists.

NRA-ILA has supported these measures at the state level and commends Representative Bergman for his leadership on this issue. “The National Rifle Association applauds Representative Bergman’s efforts to prevent Americans’ tax dollars from going to corporations that are looking to curtail the Second Amendment,” said John Commerford, Executive Director of NRA-ILA. “This bill would prevent corporations from profiting from taxpayer funds while simultaneously using their power in the marketplace to undermine the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.”

Representative Bergman has led this bill in previous legislative sessions and has said, “Taxpayer dollars should not benefit the bottom line of corporations actively working to erode our Second Amendment rights. While the federal government cannot and should not force mandates on the private marketplace, we must ensure we are responsibly spending tax dollars and holding those we do business with to a high standard.”

At the time of writing, this bill has 84 cosponsors in the U.S. House and 23 cosponsors in the U.S. Senate. Your NRA-ILA will continue to update you as this important bill makes its way through the legislative process.