House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act
Official title: To restore and protect the Second Amendment rights of residents and United States citizens who visit the District of Columbia by modernizing the District's firearm laws, eliminating prior restraints on acquisition and possession, establishing concealed constitutional carry, prohibiting feature-based firearm bans, and facilitating lawful purchases through Federally licensed dealers in neighboring States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Crenshaw R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2026
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Apr 15, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 8297.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 66, April 15, 2026, Page H2925):Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution and Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8297, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Crenshaw.
- H.R. 498 (119th) Do No Harm in Medicaid Act
- H.R. 3756 (119th) FISH Act of 2025
- H.R. 3859 (119th) Returning Illegals over Turmoil Act
- H.Res. 262 (119th) Establishing the Select Committee to Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels.
- H.R. 2830 (119th) Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 2025
- H.R. 424 (119th) State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2025
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.