National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2011.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2011, National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2011” on August 16, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41151

  CBO publication date

  August 16, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2011, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2011

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e618327e253afb94798934d6525ddd902846bd50b4a90afe3228d04d8ba6437c

• 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. 112-248 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 14, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/248

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2011, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2011

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e618327e253afb94798934d6525ddd902846bd50b4a90afe3228d04d8ba6437c

  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. LAMBORN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3756):
  Article IV, section 3
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2011, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2011

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e618327e253afb94798934d6525ddd902846bd50b4a90afe3228d04d8ba6437c

  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. 2011, 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.