House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
PROTECT the Second Amendment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 13, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 13, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6247.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FEENSTRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 214, December 13, 2021, Page H7643):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 13, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6247, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4356a008fe241641c6d7e86755b323c4d4032c1fc6a2f5ead7657f2568dd1c4d
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
51 cosponsors — 51 Republicans
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Jim Jordan (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Feenstra.
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.