HR8297-119

In Committee

District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Transportation, Education.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H375D53A72C694B60AF5AA5888ED8C848: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act.
  • Section HFE0C925311D14F3E9A00A40BDCBDC90D: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution grants Congress plenary legislative authority over the District...
  • Section HB23858DFA180442CBAE9CCFBCD31ED55: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term District means the District of Columbia. The term firearm has the meaning given that term in section 921(a)(3) of title...
  • Section H6A5D335D1D2C47A4B00CEFC87442D1BE: 101. Prohibition on prior restraints for acquisition or possession No law, regulation, rule, or policy of the District may require any person to obtain, before...
  • Section H295BAB4A397741CDAB5935F8C9A67438: 102. Repeal of district firearm registration system; conforming provisions The District may not require the registration of any privately owned firearm. Any...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Transportation, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Transportation Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 15, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and …

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 15, 2026

Mr. Crenshaw introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Transportation Education
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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