House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Abolish the ATF Act
Official title: To abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Burlison R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 221.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):Article I, Section VIII of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 221, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/221
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 19, 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Republicans
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Clay Fuller (R-GA), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Mark Harris (R-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), John McGuire (R-VA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Robert Onder (R-MO), Scott Perry (R-PA), Keith Self (R-TX) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Burlison.
Related bills
- H.R. 129 (119th) Abolish the ATF ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.