House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025
Official title: To provide accountability for unlawful disclosures of firearm trace data in the Firearms Trace System database, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Clay Higgins R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 1698.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H919):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1698, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1698
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 September 2, 2026). 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Brian Jack (R-GA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Max Miller (R-OH), Barry Moore (R-AL), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Mike Rogers (R-AL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Pete Sessions (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins.
- H.R. 2715 (119th) Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act
- H.R. 5143 (119th) District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 2056 (119th) District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025
- H.R. 6963 (119th) To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "Rodney C.…
- H.R. 1569 (119th) CATCH Fentanyl Act
- H.R. 2716 (119th) Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.