H.R. 4546

Summary

H.R. 4546, the FIRE Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 17, 2025 by Rep. Tony Wied (R) with 10 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jul 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 4546 has 10 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4546 IH: Freedom from Improper Regulation and Enforcement Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-17
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4546  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 17, 2025   Mr. Wied  (for himself,  Mr. Tiffany ,  Mr. Taylor ,  Mr. Collins , and  Mr. Fulcher ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend  chapter 44  of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit capacity-based restrictions on firearm magazines, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Freedom from Improper Regulation and Enforcement Act   or   FIRE Act  .
2.
Prohibitions relating to capacity-based restrictions on firearm magazines
(a)
Federal restrictions
Section 926 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(d)
An officer or employee of the Federal Government may not prescribe or enforce any regulation that imposes any limitation or prohibition in relation to a firearm magazine based on the capacity of the magazine.
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(b)
State and local restrictions
Section 927 of such title is amended—
(1)
by inserting  (a)  before  No ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(b)
A State or local law that imposes any limitation, prohibition, or penalty in relation to a firearm magazine based on the capacity of the magazine shall have no force or effect.
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(c)
Firearm magazine defined
Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
(39)
The term  firearm magazine  means a fixed or detachable device used to store and feed ammunition into a firearm. The term  capacity  means, with respect to a firearm magazine, the number of rounds of ammunition that can be stored in the magazine.
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(d)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to conduct engaged in 30 or more days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit capacity-based restrictions on firearm magazines, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Tony Wied (R) sponsors H.R. 4546, and 10 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Tony Wied

Rep. · R–WI-8 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 17, 2025

Mike Collins

Rep. · R–GA-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 17, 2025 · Original

Russ Fulcher

Rep. · R–ID-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 17, 2025 · Original

David Taylor

Rep. · R–OH-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 17, 2025 · Original

Tom Tiffany

Rep. · R–WI-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 17, 2025 · Original

Sheri Biggs

Rep. · R–SC-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 29, 2025

Pete Stauber

Rep. · R–MN-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 29, 2025

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 29, 2025

Michael Rulli

Rep. · R–OH-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 16, 2025

Brandon Gill

Rep. · R–TX-26 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 4546 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jul 17, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4546 has taken 2 actions since Jul 17, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4546 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 4546.

S 2813FIRE ActSep 16, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 4546 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• FIRE Act — Display Title
• FIRE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Freedom from Improper Regulation and Enforcement Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit capacity-based restrictions on firearm magazines, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 19 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4546 in 11 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Natural Resources, Veterans.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4546 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4546’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4546, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WIED:H.R. 4546.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H3477]

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