House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 15, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1045.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 26, February 14, 2017, Page H1185):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and the Second Amendment, which states: A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 240 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1045, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1045
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1045, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
43 cosponsors — 43 Republicans
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Dave Brat (R-VA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tom Graves (R-GA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Sam Johnson (R-TX), David Joyce (R-OH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Billy Long (R-MO), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Mark Meadows (R-NC) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Gibbs.
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- H.R. 2917 (115th) Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017
- H.R. 465 (115th) Water Quality Improvement Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.