House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 66, April 21, 2022, Page H4453):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution (the Commerce Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7545, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7545
- 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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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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- H.R. 7566 (117th) No Trafficking Zones Act
- H.R. 2980 (117th) Cybersecurity Vulnerability Remediation Act
- H.R. 1620 (117th) Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021
- H.Res. 398 (117th) Recognizing the forthcoming centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Related bills
- H.R. 8619 (119th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.