Swaps Bailout Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1838.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1838, Swaps Bailout Prevention Act” on May 4, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 16, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43733

  CBO publication date

  May 4, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1838, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-476 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 11, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/476

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1838, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAYWORTH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3219):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  87 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1838, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b421ab5f4185206ede215ba723b76dce7a0e1a7f38de7b503ec0302852ed81e8

  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. 1838, 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.