House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 47, March 17, 2017, Page H2184):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1612, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1612
- 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.
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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
63 cosponsors — 63 Democrats
0 of 63 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney.
- H.R. 3972 (115th) Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017
- H.R. 19 (115th) Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act
- H.J.Res. 33 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
- H.R. 7062 (115th) Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act
- H.R. 1475 (115th) Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2017
- H.R. 1022 (115th) Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave 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.