Fairness in Firearm Testing Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3998.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 106, June 17, 2021, Page H2929):
  Actricle 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution states that Congress shall have the Power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 17, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  175 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3998, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f46d4c640ec1b199ce56f9724659e4d03718cf23227f2e5d3219b3bf4ff96607

  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. 3998, 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.