Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 31, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015
This bill prohibits any government entity from issuing or enforcing a regulation, or taking any other action, that would restrict or prohibit the manufacture, importation, or sale in the United States of any ammunition that is not subject to the restriction or prohibition.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2015 to Jan 6, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Marlin A. Stutzman | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Mar 10, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Stephen Lee Fincher | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Jan 6, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2015 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 31, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Feb 27, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 34, February 27, 2015, page H1501.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Government of the United States from issuing or enforcing a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale in the United States of ammunition.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
