HR 223 119th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Due process and equal protection Executive agency funding and structure Firearms and explosives

Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025

Introduced: January 7, 2025 Introduced by: Crenshaw, Dan Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Jan 7, 2025

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Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to implement or enforce red flag laws. The term red flag law means a risk-based, temporary, and preemptive protective order that authorizes the removal of a firearm without due process.

What's happening now January 7, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025

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Cosponsors 2

Donalds, Byron

Florida · Jan 9, 2025

Moore, Barry

Alabama · Jan 9, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 223: Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-223/

MLA

"H.R. 223: Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-223/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 223, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-223/.

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[H.R. 223: Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-223/)