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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2039 
To prohibit the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
from declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of impos-
ing gun control. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2025 
Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. FINSTAD, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, 
Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. OGLES, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ISSA, 
Mr. WIED, Mr. RULLI, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 
BURLISON, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
PERRY, Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. ONDER) introduced the 
following bill; which was 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting the Right 
to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DECLARATIONS BY PRESIDENT. 
The President (or any designee thereof) shall not, for 
the purpose of imposing gun control, declare an emergency 
pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) or an emergency or major disaster pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DECLARATIONS BY HHS. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
not, for the purpose of imposing gun control, declare a 
public health emergency pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). 
SEC. 4. FIREARMS POLICIES. 
Section 706(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5207(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 
or transfer of arms, as protected by the Second 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States; 
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‘‘(6) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 
or transfer of ammunition; 
‘‘(7) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 
or transfer of ammunition feeding devices; or 
‘‘(8) prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, 
or transfer of firearms accessories.’’. 
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