House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for theft of a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1773.
- 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. 171, No. 40, March 3, 2025, Page H945):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1773, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1773
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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.
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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
144 cosponsors — 140 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 144 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT) and 114 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.