Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 162.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H46):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 9, which states ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court.'' In addition, Article III, Section 1 states that ``The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  487 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 162, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/162

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef25cef1909cae3ebaa313cfe98e2404810439831b7b85da1cd06c825c0d4f48

  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’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 162, last updated August 14, 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.