House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.
Sponsor: Rep. David Schweikert R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2408.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3759):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2408, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55b925334466c4ba4647ed8e5e7bd7ec6900e5fada8bb9239e8bb419f6fc083e
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
11 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert.
- H.R. 4012 (113th) Secret Science Reform Act of 2014
- H.R. 4882 (113th) Southwest Border Protection Act of 2014
- H.R. 2544 (113th) CEASE Act
- H.R. 247 (113th) Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act
- H.R. 246 (113th) RATE Act of 2013
- H.Res. 718 (113th) Calling on the Department of Defense to expedite the delivery of all necessary military equipment, weapons, ammunition, and other needed…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.