PASS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4550.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 25, February 11, 2016, Page H775):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under the Second Amendment of the 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.'' ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  281 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4550, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4550

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a69b9455813a82efddf887b2fcd12bd333a252b816cdba22bc42fa1d3a0fcffc

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4550, last updated August 12, 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.