Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5561.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 151, September 19, 2023, Page H4408):
  The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prevent gun control through public health emergencies.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  192 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5561, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f8c60aa167774acf79de00e7ec25fe1b07ba2e1a29387b10f6b52cb8568df993

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5561, last updated December 5, 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.