Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3247.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Body Armor
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3247, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3247

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a07a89e207e2d99e2dc8722d5c235f75a05fa6a5c953955ed81d7d461a421bf

  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 August 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3247, last updated August 2, 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.