HR 5561
118th Congress
House
Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023
Official title: 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.
Emergency Management
Disaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma careFirearms and explosivesInfectious and parasitic diseases
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ManufacturingPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRetail and wholesale tradesWar and emergency powers
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 19, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sep 19, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Sep 19, 2023
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Issa, Darrell
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Huizenga, Bill
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Ezell, Mike
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Fallon, Pat
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Smith, Adrian
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Biggs, Andy
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Burlison, Eric
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Nehls, Troy E.
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Tiffany, Thomas P.
Armstrong, Kelly
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Bean, Aaron
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Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
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Tenney, Claudia
Good, Bob
Burgess, Michael
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Thompson, Glenn
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Moolenaar, John R.
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Donalds, Byron
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Cammack, Kat
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Collins, Mike
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Kelly, Trent
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Luttrell, Morgan
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Reschenthaler, Guy
Wenstrup, Brad
Posey, Bill
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Gosar, Paul A.
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Bergman, Jack
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De La Cruz, Monica
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Alford, Mark
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Bice, Stephanie I.
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Finstad, Brad
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Fischbach, Michelle
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Guest, Michael
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Harshbarger, Diana
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Mann, Tracey
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Williams, Roger
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Stefanik, Elise M.
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Aderholt, Robert B.
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Arrington, Jodey C.
Bishop, Dan
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Boebert, Lauren
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Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
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Davidson, Warren
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Feenstra, Randy
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Fitzgerald, Scott
Gallagher, Mike
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Gooden, Lance
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Grothman, Glenn
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Harris, Andy
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Higgins, Clay
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