House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1454.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 38, March 1, 2021, Page H883):Article I Section 8: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1454, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1454
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48e17b68e14c5ac2a7cb4cff3eef284e1e125d7dcf921a613d34ab700ba15885
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 January 3, 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
95 cosponsors — 95 Democrats
0 of 95 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and 65 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
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- H.R. 3037 (117th) Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2021
- H.R. 97 (117th) Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2021
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- H.Res. 1165 (117th) Declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
- H.R. 4994 (117th) No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.