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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4637.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 120, July 13, 2023, Page H3577):
  Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: Requires background checks for the purchase of ammunition if the buyer does not have a permit to own a firearm.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  332 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4637, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4637

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5010f29331ee98920e8a39f8b4f9c6cf4833b5c011c13b87e7edd48feb364744

  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 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4637, last updated July 24, 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.