House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Sponsor: Rep. Blake Farenthold R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 256, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Farenthold, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 256.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H96):The 2nd Amendment of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 256, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e14ea9565fad2002febe80d73c43487db8e2592a34263b643765fbfe76cc0684
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. 256, last updated December 5, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jody Hice (R-GA), Steve King (R-IA), David McKinley (R-WV), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chris Stewart (R-UT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Farenthold.
- H.R. 2846 (115th) Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2018
- H.R. 659 (115th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017
- H.R. 906 (115th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017
- H.R. 5253 (115th) Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
- H.R. 3108 (115th) Protecting Honest Fishermen Act of 2017
- H.R. 1118 (115th) Innocent Sellers Fairness Act
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.