House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act
Official title: To prohibit the purchase, ownership, or possession of enhanced body armor by civilians, with exceptions.
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Kennedy D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3398.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 81, May 14, 2025, Page H2052):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3398, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 2, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), George Latimer (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
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Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 2, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.