Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 905.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H827):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure abusive dating partners subject to domestic violence protection orders and convicted stalkers cannot access firearms.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  308 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 905, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/905

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  752e2fcdde0f7462ca4546fab7912f7686c099867b85eab9456aa98f6e2efb7d

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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