To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2277.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3252):
  The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which recognizes and protects the right to keep and bear arms.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  109 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2277, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85b22d914fd9e4c7181e72f5ee29ebe5701e0dd8cbb4bd38a5c5e51b4b2227a2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2277, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.