To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3993.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2791):
  Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Gun Safety
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  75 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3993, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3993

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  456b4cc057056a8f742c7610a603b464952a807e567e592c5594d291a8ec1a23

  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 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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