HEAR Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2985.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2088):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: 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 in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibit the importation, sales, manufacture, transfer, or possession of silencers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  392 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2985, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2985

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a0e1dc72ec8485506ef4e49c1a688690140f69a2cf8166ffbadd568d8282b90

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2985, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.