National Constitutional Carry Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 645.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H387):
  Article I Section 8 2nd Amendment
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  33 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 645, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/645

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc6f83deccd7bf785efbb5ee9ff4ed3f206f7ee674dda25bc4e1c2d41d30abec

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 645, last updated October 14, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.