To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the probationary period applicable to appointments in the civil service, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1470.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1470, A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the probationary period applicable to appointments in the civil service, and for other purposes” on April 26, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 13, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 26, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22110

  CBO publication date

  April 26, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1470, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 112-116 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 23, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2011 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/116

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1470, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. ROSS of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2571):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1470, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a9c7e8929084c90d5799123d3805b0e6124a3302c5d70a56d6cb25271be53b95

  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. 1470, 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.