To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5161.

• 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. 164, No. 38, March 5, 2018, Page H1373):
  Article 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5161, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5161

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05d236277c626663927303dccc42c912a522e1df7e4d0112356124d9af03169a

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5161, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.