CATCH Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7799.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHERFILUS-McCORMICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 51, March 22, 2024, Page H1498):
  Article I Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: Combatting illicit firearms trafficking
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  105 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7799, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7799

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 21, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5e7eb35a238e3a935f422f0756c04ba4fef27d49665e2a3013b993d57315f8fb

  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 September 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7799, last updated September 21, 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.