Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 37.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 37, A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commision with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices” on March 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 15, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22079

  CBO publication date

  March 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 37, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/37

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-51 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 1, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 1, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/51

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 37, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/37

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1040):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution (``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes'').
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 37, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/37

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d8dcd2b61a012e6855c379112f02be557f79d747a70dc6327c9f78feba193dcf

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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