FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1800.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1800, FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011” on May 18, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 12, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41474

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1800, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab1a1b26834efa58b0ae5fe62661f6e921c142683a9ac46ff4d0bf0ec873f088

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-79 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 18, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 18, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/79

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1800, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab1a1b26834efa58b0ae5fe62661f6e921c142683a9ac46ff4d0bf0ec873f088

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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. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3115):
  The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1800, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab1a1b26834efa58b0ae5fe62661f6e921c142683a9ac46ff4d0bf0ec873f088

  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 noteFor further action, see H.R.514, which became Public Law 112-3 on 2/25/2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1800, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1800

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab1a1b26834efa58b0ae5fe62661f6e921c142683a9ac46ff4d0bf0ec873f088

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1800, 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.