Gun Violence Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1478.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 41, March 9, 2017, Page H2020):
  Congress has the power to enact the Gun Violence Research Act of 2017 pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. The Necessary and Proper Clause supports the expansion of congressional authority beyond the explicit authorities that are directly discernible from the text. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution provides support of the authority to enact legislation to promote the General Welfare.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  440 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1478, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4958e0b7ad0e8bd0646006022b6d71b30bf899f78815f5ce14e481cdb835151

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1478, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.