Firearm Due Process Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7873.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EMMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 58, April 5, 2024, Page H2142):
  ``Article I, Section 8.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The Firearm Due Process Protection Act gives Americans the ability to seek a court judgment to correct invalid information if the FBI does not act on an appeal within the two-month deadline. Additionally, the legislation increases congressional oversight by requiring statistics regarding the total number and nature of appeals be reported to Congress annually.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2024 ↗

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  430 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7873, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7873

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 24, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a87c2f2433f29c62ec0ce1f2b67fc315af7fb23838d293639cb095bad594d736

  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 June 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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