House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Americans from Reckless Gun Dealers Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Attorney General to report certain revocation and remedial action data with respect to Federal firearm licenses and to require the Comptroller General of the United States to study the effectiveness of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in investigating and revoking the licenses.
Sponsor: Rep. Julia Brownley D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 113, June 30, 2025, Page H3036):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4251, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 28, 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 July 28, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
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- H.J.Res. 144 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 4876 (119th) Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
- H.R. 210 (119th) Dental Care for Veterans Act
- H.R. 211 (119th) Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
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.