Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4159.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2960):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Gun violence prevention
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  87 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4159, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4159

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 25, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d2f8449d1f38c866ad99d70575337cad0f3e6f72bc8ebe74e926017680159ea0

  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 25, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4159, last updated July 25, 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.