House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 974.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 28, February 10, 2023, Page H833):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Gun Crime PreventionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 84 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 974, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
59eb283474bf29f5aef9d38c097bc10c7b8e7e11fd89453d160b8999a1e28169
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 974, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
32 cosponsors — 32 Democrats
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
- H.R. 5399 (118th) Humane Cosmetics Act of 2023
- H.R. 1277 (118th) Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.J.Res. 76 (118th) Redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery as the "Arlington House National Historic Site".
- H.R. 3470 (118th) Keeping All Students Safe Act
- H.R. 856 (118th) Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
- H.Res. 881 (118th) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Related bills
- S. 3212 (119th) AIM ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.