To require the District of Columbia to permit Members of Congress who have a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant to the law of a State which permits the Member to carry a concealed firearm, or who is otherwise entitled to carry a concealed firearm in the State in which the Member resides, to carry a concealed firearm in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4788.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLYDE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 130, July 29, 2025, Page H3664):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  268 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4788, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4788

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35b2de8cd6d7da619ef879721d63b3889c7dfb0a27a6d634c3d185503669451a

  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 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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