Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8842.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 107, June 26, 2024, Page H4321):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution for the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to ensure that the background check system used for firearms purchases denies a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a firearm by a lawful court order governing the pretrial release of the person.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8842, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8842

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  712e20c2748f3befabc9efe9d358ddef487c70e9c23b1caa604400bddaf2ddc4

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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