Gun Trafficker Detection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1456.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H729):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1456, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1456

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05c4973694a962208ced972dc199e1af4ac13d933e5e1c82c515425b0b357408

  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 February 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1456, last updated February 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.