House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2259.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 72, May 12, 2015, Page H2878):The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 58 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2259, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5714bf6536f87e283132d70dea5f3062cbb6c62eac604f18385fb98a139252e
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2259, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
42 cosponsors — 42 Republicans
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), John Culberson (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Jody Hice (R-GA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Sam Johnson (R-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), John Kline (R-MN), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), David McKinley (R-WV), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. E. Rigell.
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.