House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8427.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 85, May 16, 2024, Page H3329):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of .50 caliber rifles, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 223 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8427, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8427
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 3, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ab317508cc6cf79a7d5e0b761f8042ef62138c4990e946cba123d1965c5d2ab7
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 August 3, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8427, last updated August 3, 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
- H.R. 406 (118th) Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act
- H.R. 3042 (118th) Millennium Challenge Corporation Candidate Country Reform Act
- H.Res. 1437 (118th) Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.Res. 682 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.R. 6618 (118th) ARMAS Act of 2023
- H.R. 1744 (118th) Transparency in Government Contracts Act
Related bills
- S. 367 (119th) Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.