To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 544.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H223):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 544, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  638ae9817142a0ef152b3b13f0bab5a2ebedc6bebfe2cd7752572b2f52f2ddb9

  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 June 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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