HR 1761 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Paul A. Gosar R-AZ

Latest action · May 3, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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.

IntroducedMar 14, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

This bill prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed, or (2) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2019 to Sep 11, 2019; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-TX	Michael Cloud	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-NC	Ted Budd	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Mar 14, 2019
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Mar 18, 2019
R-CA	Paul Cook		Mar 18, 2019
R-PA	Scott Perry		Mar 18, 2019
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Mar 18, 2019
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Mar 21, 2019
R-CO	Ken Buck		Jun 3, 2019
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Sep 11, 2019

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 Mar 14, 2019
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred May 3, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 3, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 14, 2019Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2019Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Ariticle 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Consitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof'' and the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that the ``A well regulated militia, being necesary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 46, March 14, 2019, page H2746.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 351	Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act	Identical bill	Feb 6, 2019
HR 1827	Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act	Reintroduced Bill	May 18, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 14, 2019Introduced in House

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