Lawful Purpose and Self Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2710.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 92, June 10, 2015, Page H4136):
  Second Amendment of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  50 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2710, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2710

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4beee09b4118456e2ab8b886c38ecfb58cd7a9baaf0aa40ac96520eb371094cb

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2710, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.