Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1206.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011” on November 8, 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 8, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43702

  CBO publication date

  November 8, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1206, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14767593e64861168c33beaea578826a488f2eb9dc55a9363878fed714c73687

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-694 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 15, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/694

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1206, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14767593e64861168c33beaea578826a488f2eb9dc55a9363878fed714c73687

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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. ROGERS of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1988):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  595 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1206, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1206

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14767593e64861168c33beaea578826a488f2eb9dc55a9363878fed714c73687

  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. 1206, 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.