National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1540.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012” on May 16, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Preliminary estimate of the direct spending effects for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 11, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41473

  CBO publication date

  May 16, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1540, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012” on May 20, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 17, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41476

  CBO publication date

  May 20, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1540, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8eb7014403d7df46c1d72c706ef4d49ca63372e9e1acb2f36bf467ddfb05983

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012” on December 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go table for the bill as provided to CBO on December 12, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42840

  CBO publication date

  December 22, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1540, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8eb7014403d7df46c1d72c706ef4d49ca63372e9e1acb2f36bf467ddfb05983

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 112-78 ↗; H. Rept. 112-78,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 112-329 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 23, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/78
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/78
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/329

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1540, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8eb7014403d7df46c1d72c706ef4d49ca63372e9e1acb2f36bf467ddfb05983

  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. McKEON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2856):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to ``provide for the common defense,'' ``raise and support armies,'' and ``provide and maintain a navy,'' as enumerated in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  257 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1540, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8eb7014403d7df46c1d72c706ef4d49ca63372e9e1acb2f36bf467ddfb05983

  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. 1540, last updated June 6, 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.