Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB5561
Legislation Overview
Title: Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023
Subject: Emergency management
Description: To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control.
Session: 118th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: September 22, 2023
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5561/all-info
Companion Bill: SB2911
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
67 sponsors: Michael Cloud (R); Jody Arrington (R); Warren Davidson (R); Eric Crawford (R); Matt Rosendale (R); Steve Womack (R); Tim Walberg (R); Elizabeth Van Duyne (R); Ralph Norman (R); Mike D. Rogers (R); Dan Bishop (R); Andrew Ogles (R); Lauren Boebert (R); Robert Aderholt (R); Mike Kelly (R); Debbie Lesko (R); Clay Higgins (R); Lance Gooden (R); Rudolph Yakym III (R); Mike Gallagher (R); David Kustoff (R); Scott Fitzgerald (R); Randy Feenstra (R); Mary Miller (R); Glenn Grothman (R); Ashley Hinson (R); Pete Sessions (R); Andy Harris (R); Alexander Mooney (R); Bryan Steil (R); Elise Stefanik (R); Michelle Fischbach (R); Brad Finstad (R); Roger Williams (R); Mark Alford (R); Stephanie Bice (R); Diana Harshbarger (R); Tracey Mann (R); Michael Guest (R); Jack Bergman (R); Monica De La Cruz (R); Paul Gosar (R); Bill Posey (R); Guy Reschenthaler (R); Morgan Luttrell (R); Mike Collins (R); Brad Wenstrup (R); Trent Kelly (R); Kat Cammack (R); Byron Donalds (R); John Moolenaar (R); Glenn Thompson (R); Michael Burgess (R); Robert Good (R); Aaron Bean (R); Kelly Armstrong (R); Charles Fleischmann (R); Claudia Tenney (R); Tom Tiffany (R); Troy Nehls (R); Andy Biggs (R); Eric Burlison (R); Adrian Smith (R); Mike Ezell (R); Patrick Fallon (R); Bill Huizenga (R); Darrell Issa (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 15% (67 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Sep 22, 2023 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Sep 19, 2023 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 19, 2023 | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 19, 2023 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 24 2023 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Health
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