To require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5495.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 96, June 16, 2016, Page H3967):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5495, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  113f515e53f67eb7335fb8f4df752bb8d268c44808bd8b69fba59a85abc5e67f

  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. 5495, 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.