Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2837.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1601):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  239 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2837, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2837

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e512a49cbd3ba72c70cf874414128f00c4ebe6d6ec54f8f98c21ac8013cb53b9

  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 October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2837, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.