HR 4060 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

Introduced Jun 22, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Dan Newhouse R-WA

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Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 22, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition, as a critical infrastructure sector. Additionally, the bill states that individuals who are employed by those entities are critical infrastructure workers.

The term critical infrastructure means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2021 to Dec 23, 2021; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-UTChris StewartOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-NCDan BishopOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-CADavid G. ValadaoOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-AKDon YoungOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-CODoug LambornOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-SDDusty JohnsonOriginalJun 22, 2021
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-WYLiz CheneyOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalJun 22, 2021
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-NCTed BuddOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-MNTom EmmerOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-CATom McClintockOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-KSTracey MannOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-NMYvette HerrellOriginalJun 22, 2021
R-OHBob GibbsJun 28, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinJun 28, 2021
R-TNJohn W. RoseJun 28, 2021
R-TXLance GoodenJun 28, 2021
R-MSMichael GuestJun 28, 2021
R-INJames R. BairdJul 19, 2021
R-CAKen CalvertJul 21, 2021
R-FLKat CammackOct 21, 2021
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyDec 23, 2021

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 22, 2021
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jun 28, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3162-3163)
  3. Jun 22, 2021Introduced in House
  4. Jun 22, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3162Dan Newhouse R-WAJun 28, 2021
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E675Dan Newhouse R-WAJun 22, 2021

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: U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 108, June 22, 2021, page H3007.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition pursuant to section 923 of title 18, United States Code, as a critical infrastructure sector, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 22, 2021Introduced in House

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