Protecting Communities from Lost or Stolen Law Enforcement Weapons Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4786.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 8, January 12, 2018, Page H173):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4786, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20fbf073dea5c54da6ca3eeed117f893d1b9a6be661bf50bbf88b9b1e2d0829f

  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. 4786, 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.