Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2039.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1151):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  268 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2039, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2039

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4cff2680e229af09889f23023fe2e38d10ab56dbd7308537f057dea461b9713e

  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 September 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2039, last updated September 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.