Disarming Cartels Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6404.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 188, November 14, 2023, Page H5856):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance border security by disrupting the smuggling of United States- sourced firearms and related munitions across the land border with Mexico, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  568 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6404, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6404

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 4, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5cf161625892bf1854a8d63951d12f1e6c9ee4d4cd0db50701ef02a43ad23f29

  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 4, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6404, last updated October 4, 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.