Federal Firearm Licensee Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1478.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 45, March 9, 2023, Page H1249):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Firearms
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  107 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1478, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  280a6db12acb9cbd902cd67b820271f86aeb2717274b99ce91b53b18d7c8865f

  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 4, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1478, last updated December 4, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.