HR 3228 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Constitutional Hearing Protection Act

Introduced May 7, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Andrew S. Clyde R-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 7, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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. IntroducedMay 7, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2025 to May 19, 2026; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNAndrew OglesOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MNBrad FinstadOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-TXBrandon GillOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-TXChip RoyOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-TNDavid KustoffOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-AZElijah CraneOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MOEric BurlisonOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-VAJohn J. McGuire IIIOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-OKJosh BrecheenOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-TXKeith SelfOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-OKKevin HernOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-PALloyd SmuckerOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-NCMark HarrisOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-INMarlin A. StutzmanOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-OHMax L. MillerOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-OHMichael A. RulliOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-PAMike KellyOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-AKNicholas J. Begich IIIOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-IARandy FeenstraOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-KSRon EstesOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-IDRuss FulcherOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-PAScott PerryOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-KYThomas MassieOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-CATom McClintockOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-WITony WiedOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-MTTroy DowningOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalMay 7, 2025
R-NCGregory F. MurphyMay 9, 2025
R-ALGary J. PalmerMay 13, 2025
R-TXPat FallonMay 15, 2025
R-COJeff HurdJun 5, 2025
R-INRudy Yakym IIIJun 5, 2025
R-WAMichael BaumgartnerJun 23, 2025
R-KYAndy BarrJul 2, 2025
R-OHDavid J. TaylorJul 2, 2025
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyJul 2, 2025
R-OHWarren DavidsonSep 8, 2025
R-FLJimmy PatronisMay 19, 2026

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 7, 2025
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred May 7, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 7, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 76, May 7, 2025, page H1910.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Constitutional Hearing Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2025Introduced in House

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