1HOUSE · MAY 15, 2025
Passed the House
234–182PASSED
R 214–0 D 20–182
On Passage · roll 130 · 17 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
Official title: To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Russell Fry R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2025
- Committee actionMar 25, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2025 · 234–182
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2255.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2255, Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025” on April 21, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61349
- CBO publication date
- April 21, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2255, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-80 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 28, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/80
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2255, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. FRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Page H1189):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2255, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2255. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
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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.