House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1726.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 45, March 13, 2019, Page H2718):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1726, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1726
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a193d0ee28dda34c1efb311211f5e26b92f9367d1aeb838f731c68f7666c970
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 April 7, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Robert Latta (R-OH), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Collins.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.