Defective Firearms Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4243.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3072):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Defective Firearms Protection
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  210 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4243, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b4d311b8525054cdbfd3885fde9d75e81ba5adea0ec04b36278d9d914d24e30

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4243, last updated January 16, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.