Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2039 Compare Versions

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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2039
5	5	To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services
6	6	from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of impos-
7	7	ing gun control.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH11, 2025
10	10	Mr. C
11	11	LOUD(for himself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. FINSTAD, Ms. GREENEof Georgia,
12	12	Ms. D
13	13	ELACRUZ, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. OGLES, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ISSA,
14	14	Mr. W
15	15	IED, Mr. RULLI, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr.
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17	17	URLISON, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr.
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19	19	ERRY, Mrs. BIGGSof South Carolina, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr.
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21	21	CHMIDT, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. ONDER) introduced the
22	22	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
23	23	and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and
24	24	Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
25	25	in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
26	26	diction of the committee concerned
27	27	A BILL
28	28	To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and
29	29	Human Services from declaring certain emergencies or
30	30	disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
32	32	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
33	33	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
34	34	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting the Right 4
35	35	to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025’’. 5
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39	39	SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DECLARATIONS BY PRESIDENT. 1
40	40	The President (or any designee thereof) shall not, for 2
41	41	the purpose of imposing gun control, declare an emergency 3
42	42	pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 4
43	43	1601 et seq.) or an emergency or major disaster pursuant 5
44	44	to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 6
45	45	Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 7
46	46	SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DECLARATIONS BY HHS. 8
47	47	The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 9
48	48	not, for the purpose of imposing gun control, declare a 10
49	49	public health emergency pursuant to section 319 of the 11
50	50	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). 12
51	51	SEC. 4. FIREARMS POLICIES. 13
52	52	Section 706(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-14
53	53	lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5207(a)) 15
54	54	is amended— 16
55	55	(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-17
56	56	serting a semicolon; 18
57	57	(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 19
58	58	inserting a semicolon; and 20
59	59	(3) by adding at the end the following: 21
60	60	‘‘(5) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 22
61	61	or transfer of arms, as protected by the Second 23
62	62	Amendment to the Constitution of the United 24
63	63	States; 25
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67	67	‘‘(6) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 1
68	68	or transfer of ammunition; 2
69	69	‘‘(7) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 3
70	70	or transfer of ammunition feeding devices; or 4
71	71	‘‘(8) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 5
72	72	or transfer of firearms accessories.’’. 6
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