House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2023 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2893-2894)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3962.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2789):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: Gun Violence PreventionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 298 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3962, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3962
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
58 cosponsors — 58 Democrats
0 of 58 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 2837 (119th) Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.