House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of .50 caliber rifles, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joaquin Castro D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 923.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Page H460):Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause. (Art. 1 Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I SECTION 8. POWER OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 153 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 923, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Democrats
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), John Larson (D-CT), Summer Lee (D-PA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
- H.R. 4490 (119th) PARTNER Act
- H.R. 6347 (119th) Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7675 (119th) Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
- H.Res. 1559 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.R. 4318 (119th) Head Start for Our Future Act
- H.R. 10642 (119th) Stop the Settlements Act
Related bills
- S. 367 (119th) Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.