PISTOL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3823.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 102, June 11, 2021, Page H2710):
  The 2nd Amendment states, ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  175 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3823, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3823

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75ea3bda6aa81c65ab045abd8a3731194c6b6f5fb427d6fc49cd93137c8d14ef

  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. 3823, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.