PISTOL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 381.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 12, January 17, 2023, Page H244):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 381, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/381

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9beb1777e0c59964523d0c63ba9f6d76a72fa90e8356a4d910ffc0d1f52ee6d1

  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. 381, 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.