ATF DATA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8990.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4589):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:------ Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Firearms
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8990, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 15, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a0313a6d02703d3fcf8bd3a02bff97f0169dce74137f9b6c12338ad2e70896e

  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 15, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8990, last updated August 15, 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.