Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6981.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 6, January 11, 2024, Page H108):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is to prohibit unauthorized private paramilitary activity.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2024 ↗

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  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6981, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a524d50a64eef09edda3a3a048c4d534ce365d6d4d974f627c7d7ec9ecae3559

  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.

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