Protecting Legal Firearms Ownership Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1678.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 51, March 21, 2023, Page H1302):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would grandfather any firearm or firearm attachment lawfully manufactured/owned/possessed before the effective date of a new rule or regulation. The firearm would be permitted to be sold, transferred, and possessed in accordance with the previous rule regime.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1678, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1678

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  566852731719925a83a43a3be9fbaae7ab790a3c56a91535c3efb8217c5259f7

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1678, last updated July 24, 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.