To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1840.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1840, a bill to improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders” on April 9, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on January 25, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43160

  CBO publication date

  April 9, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1840, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74fa807381d65107bd5166e2c86b4f85506c6358535186a6565a22d72353c692

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-482 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on May 16, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/482

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1840, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74fa807381d65107bd5166e2c86b4f85506c6358535186a6565a22d72353c692

  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. CONAWAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3219):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rest is the power of Congress to regulate Commerce among the several states, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  173 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1840, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74fa807381d65107bd5166e2c86b4f85506c6358535186a6565a22d72353c692

  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. 1840, 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.