Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1473.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1473, The Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011” on April 12, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as posted on the House Committee on Rules website on April 12, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 12, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22097

  CBO publication date

  April 12, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1473, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4cd9ab760ee12692183af44cc89295154e2c0fb2581b3738732f880182e0848

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1473, the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 (Additional Information)” on April 14, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Additional information for the bill as posted on the House Committee on Rules website on April 12, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22100

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1473, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4cd9ab760ee12692183af44cc89295154e2c0fb2581b3738732f880182e0848

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2575):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  822 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1473, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4cd9ab760ee12692183af44cc89295154e2c0fb2581b3738732f880182e0848

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

• Congress.gov noteDivision A: Department of Defense Appropriations. Division B: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations, continuing appropriations through 9/30/2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1473, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1473

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4cd9ab760ee12692183af44cc89295154e2c0fb2581b3738732f880182e0848

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1473, 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.