Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3516.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 133, September 16, 2015, Page H6075):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3516, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cded2ae7d69c24cd6ecebc40acf78b1c11c95fa2533055172f11ce81d4f73434

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3516, last updated December 5, 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.