House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. John Rutherford R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 13, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2620.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 62, April 13, 2023, Page H1728):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Increasing penalties for robbing or burglarizing a firearm store.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 164 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2620, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
87 cosponsors — 84 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 87 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), James Comer (R-KY), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford.
Related bills
- S. 4671 (119th) Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.