Bolstering Security Against Ghost Guns Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2698.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2698, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2698

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a5b6e136225d0e2ba0bcc5c60951924e093db41df8c60c2e9e45c0a4a49f8f7d

  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 July 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2698, last updated July 9, 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.