House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 45, March 15, 2017, Page H2083):The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1537, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73cae9c0b9cb00d765ac734dfbedfef102760face14a1dc64b0f26df1d40e247
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.
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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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), James Comer (R-KY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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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.