To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 224.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 3, January 8, 2015, Page H156):
  US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1 (``The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and General Welfare of the United States[.]''); US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (``The Congress Shall have the Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution for foregoing powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''). The Surgeon Genreal of the Public Health Service is operated using tax dollars, and serves the function of promoting and advancing the nation's public health.…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  969 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 224, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/224

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90c3ce8fd4cba9fea083f6a92e5e603ddc540fc68f21da571adf739470e64556

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 224, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.