Federal Law Enforcement Personnel and Resources Allocation Improvement Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1550.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1550, Federal Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Act of 2011” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 20, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42741

  CBO publication date

  November 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1550, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1550

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4701d7df21132e0456a4d4d8823a07c451392805c99f77c79285f92e8b63f546

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-293 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 22, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 22, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/293

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1550, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1550

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4701d7df21132e0456a4d4d8823a07c451392805c99f77c79285f92e8b63f546

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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. PIERLUISI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2856):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  388 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1550, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1550

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4701d7df21132e0456a4d4d8823a07c451392805c99f77c79285f92e8b63f546

  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. 1550, last updated August 10, 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.