Stopping Unconstitutional Background Checks Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6734.

• 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. 205, December 13, 2023, Page H6942):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have the power to ``make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution that foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department . . .'' Additionally under Section 5 of the XIV Amendment ``The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation defunds and prevents the implemenation of the proposed rule ATF Rule 2022R-17
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 13, 2023 ↗

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  607 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6734, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6734

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b431f051e2f965a94fdf9466887edf9c910b6566259a0bb512eb55afe5b8faf0

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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