Gun Violence Research Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4573.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 199, December 6, 2017, Page H9709):
  U.S. Const., Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause) (This bill would authorize federal agencies to study, and report on, the impact gun violence has on the public health. Such a law is both ``necessary and proper'' in order to carry out the purpose of the Constitution: promotion of the general welfare).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4573, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4573

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17dca0a476d39f53e8a6be4f06f06dac26977f23acb4fb656c46f8f744cfd332

  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.

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