Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1063.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011” on November 10, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 20, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43706

  CBO publication date

  November 10, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1063, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1063

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08426e4e6d446aed9a9d59c8aa705e2f8ab4fc5bbe4a83c8b3052ddd0abfba42

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-715 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 20, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/715

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1063, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1063

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08426e4e6d446aed9a9d59c8aa705e2f8ab4fc5bbe4a83c8b3052ddd0abfba42

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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. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1796):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1063, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1063

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08426e4e6d446aed9a9d59c8aa705e2f8ab4fc5bbe4a83c8b3052ddd0abfba42

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1063, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.