Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4965.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, clause 18 which allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: The Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act will protect against harms caused by improperly stored firearms by establishing best practices for firearm storage, requiring labeling on firearm packaging, and providing grants to help implement best practices and distribute firearm storage devices.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4965, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4965

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 13, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a57e5eab9fb3a6666126b026545bb0132e113b96f0f9a074e4ce7294f7f1d71

  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 November 13, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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