To authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms and explosives and Federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to known or suspected terrorists.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5705.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 110, July 8, 2016, Page H4574):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 8, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5705, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  81499aa5dfe2ac6ea079f3dc1aecfda19883544c8cf89d2d206b37f4bec620e8

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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