House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act
Official title: To ensure that certain operations, functions, and services of the Federal Government relating to enforcement of firearms laws and firearm export licensing continue during a lapse in appropriations.
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 31, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5874.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 182, October 31, 2025, Pages H4566-H4567):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5874, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5874
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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 October 20, 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
112 cosponsors — 112 Republicans
0 of 112 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Randy Fine (R-FL), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) and 82 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 7730 (119th) Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
- H.R. 2675 (119th) Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act
- H.R. 4642 (119th) Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act
- H.R. 421 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 6622 (119th) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025
- H.R. 404 (119th) Hearing Protection Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.