Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1249.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1249, America Invents Act” on May 26, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 14, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41490

  CBO publication date

  May 26, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1249, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85af4628e5c492beebfb792a119f22ac816804964a114dbb59636d3d8b3c7b63

• 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. 112-98 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 2, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/98

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1249, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85af4628e5c492beebfb792a119f22ac816804964a114dbb59636d3d8b3c7b63

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2107):
  Clause 8 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1249, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85af4628e5c492beebfb792a119f22ac816804964a114dbb59636d3d8b3c7b63

  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. 1249, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.