House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4289.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 109, June 22, 2023, Page H3110):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To ban use of Buy Now, Pay Later financing for purchasing assault weapons and assault weapon ghost gun kits.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4289, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4289
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 30, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
514f776f251ac9a248661de7572b0e037eb64da3f97808b2ce1b550c1868dfd8
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 October 30, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4289, last updated October 30, 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.
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
45 cosponsors — 45 Democrats
0 of 45 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Larson.
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.