Ammunition and Firearms Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1365.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 44, March 16, 2015, Page H1661):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the explicit power of Amendment II of the United State Constitution: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Additionally, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States Constitution: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2015 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1365, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1365

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  289ca8b18c8a236c6b72213124130763d5acac4d9cc55bcbdade114775d083ce

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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