Stand Your Ground Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3142.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GAETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 78, May 9, 2023, Page H2173):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To make a new affirmative defense under federal law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3142, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7192adf38537949f9f51345aef6d4b3301999ee6fb1b26e019c6e09e33d0bf55

  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. 3142, 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.