House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3689.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JORDAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7628):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3689, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af3c2b0c81dedfc71504b77b9473ce620cf2c17f07adacb3f7706c230905e019
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 February 4, 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
28 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 28 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), John Carter (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Steve Daines (R-MT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Austin Scott (R-GA), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Don Young (R-AK).
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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.