Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control.
Title: Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
Subject: Emergency management
Description: A bill to prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purposes of imposing gun control.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 27, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1916/all-info
Companion Bill: HB1534
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26 sponsors: Mike Braun (R); John Barrasso (R); Marsha Blackburn (R); John Boozman (R); Tom Cotton (R); Kevin Cramer (R); Mike Crapo (R); Steve Daines (R); Joni Ernst (R); Josh Hawley (R); John Hoeven (R); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R); Cynthia Lummis (R); Roger Marshall (R); Jerry Moran (R); James Risch (R); Mike Rounds (R); Rick Scott (R); John Thune (R); Thom Tillis (R); Roger Wicker (R); Todd Young (R); James Lankford (R); Ted Cruz (R); Tim Scott (R); James Inhofe (R)
Chamber | Date | Action |
Senate | May 27 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Jun 24 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill