HR 6247 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

PROTECT the Second Amendment Act

Introduced Dec 13, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Randy Feenstra R-IA

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Latest action · Dec 13, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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. IntroducedDec 13, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preserving Rights Of Tenants by Ensuring Compliance To the Second Amendment Act or the PROTECT the Second Amendment Act

This bill establishes a right for a resident of covered federally assisted rental housing to lawfully possess a firearm within the residential dwelling unit occupied by the resident and any common area of the federally assisted rental housing in which the resident resides in the course of entering or exiting the rental housing.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 13, 2021 to Jan 28, 2022; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-VABen ClineOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-OHBob GibbsOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-NYChris JacobsOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-PADaniel MeuserOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-NEDon BaconOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-CODoug LambornOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-KSJake LaTurnerOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-INJames R. BairdOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-MOJason SmithOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-TNJohn W. RoseOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-FLKat CammackOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-SCNancy MaceOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalDec 13, 2021
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-GARick W. AllenOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-PAScott PerryOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-MITim WalbergOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-KSTracey MannOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-OHWarren DavidsonOriginalDec 13, 2021
R-TNScott DesJarlaisDec 14, 2021
R-MSSteven M. PalazzoDec 14, 2021
R-MOBilly LongDec 16, 2021
R-PAJohn JoyceDec 16, 2021
R-TXMichael CloudDec 16, 2021
R-IDRuss FulcherDec 16, 2021
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeDec 16, 2021
R-TNDavid KustoffJan 11, 2022
R-OHJim JordanJan 12, 2022
R-NCTed BuddJan 18, 2022
R-GAA. Drew Ferguson IVJan 25, 2022
R-TXAugust PflugerJan 28, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Dec 13, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 13, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Dec 13, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 214, December 13, 2021, page H7643.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4860PROTECT the Second Amendment ActReintroduced BillJul 25, 2023

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
PROTECT the Second Amendment Act
Preserving Rights Of Tenants by Ensuring Compliance To the Second Amendment Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 13, 2021Introduced in House

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