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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 646.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLYDE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H577):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution states: Congress shall have the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States or in any department of officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation is solely about the National Firearms Act.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

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  433 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 646, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  44c031eea7f431edf5bc1ad64d6881477d37a9cc60eaf7af98bd9f27a0fe6018

  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 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 646, last updated December 20, 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.