U.S. Military Right to Carry Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7715.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 128, July 21, 2020, Page H3612):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7715, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7715

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7db278fa3a34a64825f7580eda6cc19e4b8ec5ba6e9ea024ac77b24beb369356

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7715, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.