House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7040.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 10, January 18, 2024, Page H241):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 yearsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 160 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7040, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7040, last updated July 9, 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.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Lawler.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.