Firearm Owners Responsibility and Safety Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4836.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McEACHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 133, July 29, 2021, Page H4295):
  Article 1 Section 1; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4836, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4836

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b286697cd8b49a96ade0999da67c78ed6fb55d4f548d6f35a60bcdbebae74cbc

  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. 4836, 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.