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Did Mike Lawler lead the fight to extend the Undetectable Firearms Act?

Matches stated direction. His own 10-year extension bill stayed in committee; the Act was extended to 2031 by spending laws he voted for, which most members also backed.

Mike Lawler

Extending the Undetectable Firearms Act

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he successfully led the fight to extend the Undetectable Firearms Act.

“Successfully led the fight to extend the bipartisan Undetectable Firearms Act”

What the record shows ·

He introduced a bill to extend the Act for ten years, H.R. 7040, on January 18, 2024; it stayed in committee. The extension was carried by stopgap spending laws from November 2023, starting with one he voted for, and then by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, which he also voted for and which keeps the Act in force until March 8, 2031.

Limit: The Act was extended, and he voted for the first stopgap and the final law. His own bill sought ten years and did not pass; the law gave about seven. The extension rode in large spending bills most members voted for, so the record cannot show that he led the fight.

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  1. Issueshttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/issues/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Fifteen issue sections, most of them lists of bills and votes he names. Undated; read October 1, 2026.

    candidate statement

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  2. Meet Mikehttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/about/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Campaign biography and a list of what it says he has done in Congress. Undated.

    candidate statement

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  3. H.R. 7040 (118th Congress), Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7040

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced January 18, 2024, to extend the Act for 10 years; referred to the Judiciary Committee and went no further.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 7040 as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7040ih/html/BILLS-118hr7040ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 18, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Titled "To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years." It strikes "35" and inserts "45" in the Act's sunset.

    official legislative record

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  5. Public Law 118-22, Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ22/html/PLAW-118publ22.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 17, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed November 17, 2023. Sec. 138 kept the Undetectable Firearms Act in force through the stopgap's end date in section 106(3).

    official legislative record

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  6. House Roll Call 658, 2023: H.R. 6363, the November 2023 stopgaphttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023658

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    November 14, 2023. Carried 336-95. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

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  7. Public Law 118-35, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ35/html/PLAW-118publ35.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 19, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed January 19, 2024. Moved the stopgap end date in section 106(3) to March 8, 2024, which carried the Undetectable Firearms Act extension with it.

    official legislative record

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  8. Public Law 118-40, Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ40/html/PLAW-118publ40.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 1, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed March 1, 2024. Moved the section 106(3) end date to March 22, 2024, again carrying the Undetectable Firearms Act extension.

    official legislative record

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  9. Public Law 118-42, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ42/html/PLAW-118publ42.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 9, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed March 9, 2024. Sec. 301 of its title on extensions keeps the Undetectable Firearms Act in force until March 8, 2031.

    official legislative record

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  10. House Roll Call 64, 2024: H.Res. 1061, clearing H.R. 4366 for final passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202464

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    March 6, 2024. Carried 339-85. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

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