Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3984.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 160, October 5, 2017, Page H7888):
  Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence is constitutionally authorized under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution provides support of the authority to enact legislation to promote the General Welfare.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3984, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3984

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fa763b87cccbce289e29bd9c4168dc64c7d06fe5bec2471bd756a9ff9f4c0a56

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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