House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Second Amendment Defense Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4319.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 2, January 5, 2016, Page H14):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4319, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4319
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 August 12, 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
32 cosponsors — 32 Republicans
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jody Hice (R-GA), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mia Love (R-UT), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Pete Olson (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), David Rouzer (R-NC), Austin Scott (R-GA), Randy Weber (R-TX) and 2 more.
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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.