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H.R.2039

Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025

Introduced·3/11/25

Prohibits the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring emergencies to impose gun control.

The bill, Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025, aims to prevent the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring emergencies or disasters to impose gun control. It prohibits the President from using the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to declare emergencies for gun control purposes. Similarly, it restricts the Secretary of Health and Human Services from declaring public health emergencies under the Public Health Service Act for the same reason. The bill also amends the Robert T.

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Where it stands

Current
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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History

Mar 11, 2025

House

Introduced in House

Mar 11, 2025

House

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.

Mar 11, 2025

House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.