Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7493.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACOBS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 63, April 11, 2022, Page H4438):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  319 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7493, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7493

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ac291c1ddb8da06668306686751e0bba29254c21c0be919e3f10e139f61dce3

  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. 7493, 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.