Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10178.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 172, November 20, 2024, Page H6155):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of State and local prohibitions that burden citizens.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  221 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10178, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10178

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6254f9612fdcbb6a347853e65bbf0c3e948a298248c8e02dcd33799d6f99402e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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