Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1892.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1892, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012” on June 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on May 26, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41533

  CBO publication date

  June 22, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1892, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1892

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 112-197 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on September 2, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 2, 2011 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/197

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1892, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1892

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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 Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3302):
  The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States government are carried out to support the national security interests of the United States, to support and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to support the President in the execution of the foreign policy of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and support armies . . .''; ``To provide and maintain a Navy''; ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  945 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1892, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1892

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5eb1ff89d43b09c7e60315bfdd590d2b083e1786f4983b38405f2757a6afac69

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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