Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2814.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2814, the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2022” on July 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on July 25, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2022 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58343

  CBO publication date

  July 27, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2814, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2814

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-436 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 26, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 26, 2022 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/436

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2814, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2814

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• 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. 167, No. 70, April 22, 2021, Page H2109):
  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 April 22, 2021 ↗

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  Statement length

  255 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2814, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2814

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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