House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign National Firearms Background Check Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 9, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2971.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRIST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 77, May 4, 2021, Page H2142):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2971, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2971, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John Rutherford (R-FL), David Scott (D-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charlie Crist.
- H.R. 305 (117th) Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 3383 (117th) Civics Learning Act of 2021
- H.R. 3093 (117th) Save Hotel Jobs Act
- H.R. 7177 (117th) Sickle Cell Care Expansion Act of 2022
- H.R. 5296 (117th) Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2021
- H.R. 3817 (117th) Regional Ocean Partnership Act of 2021
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.