House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5460.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4347):Article 1, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Department of Homeland Security to bolster security against threats posed by ghost guns, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 201 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5460, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- 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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5460, last updated July 24, 2024. 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
- H.R. 2577 (118th) DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act
- H.R. 8370 (118th) Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2024
- H.R. 3394 (118th) Fund the TSA Act
- H.Res. 1555 (118th) Condemning the spreading of disinformation and malicious rumors that have led to threats against disaster response personnel.
- H.R. 5775 (118th) Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act
- H.Res. 1261 (118th) Honoring the service and sacrifices of the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol and their families on its centennial.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.