House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2022
- Committee actionDec 7, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2022 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8361.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 115, July 13, 2022, Page H6336):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8361, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Ken Buck (R-CO), John Curtis (R-UT), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
- H.R. 1573 (117th) Access to Counsel Act of 2021
- H.R. 3771 (117th) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022
- H.R. 3825 (117th) Ending Platform Monopolies Act
- H.R. 4826 (117th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- H.R. 5165 (117th) Improving Medicare Coverage Act
- H.R. 2222 (117th) Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.