House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit short-term, Buy Now, Pay Later loans for the purchase of semiautomatic assault weapons.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8694.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 78, May 7, 2026, Page H3343):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8694, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), George Latimer (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Adam Smith (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.