House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2023
- Committee actionMay 1, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 705.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 705, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act” on May 15, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60288
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 705, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/705
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-677 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 16, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/677
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 705, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb74b1ba1b308dc3e5a6d39e25d1b58f3273bbe18bc20f79bfe863495cde4d4a
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 21, February 1, 2023, Page H629):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States'' The single subject of this legislation is: Second Amendment related due process rights for VA beneficiares with fiducaries.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 459 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 705, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb74b1ba1b308dc3e5a6d39e25d1b58f3273bbe18bc20f79bfe863495cde4d4a
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
73 cosponsors — 73 Republicans
0 of 73 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Ben Cline (R-VA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Richard Hudson (R-NC) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
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- H.R. 753 (118th) VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act
- H.R. 2367 (118th) Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
- H.R. 4278 (118th) Restore VA Accountability Act of 2023
- H.R. 4396 (118th) American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act
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.