House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
TRACE Act
Official title: To prevent the illegal sale of firearms, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 6, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3823.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUIGLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 97, June 6, 2025, Page H2535):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3823, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3823
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 30, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 June 30, 2025). 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Dave Min (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Quigley.
- H.R. 8205 (119th) Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 1809 (119th) Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 3199 (119th) Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025
- H.R. 3604 (119th) Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
- H.R. 6890 (119th) PROTECT Immigration Act of 2025
- H.Res. 833 (119th) Honoring the extraordinary life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.