Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2017.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 112-74 ↗; H. Rept. 112-91 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Appropriations Committee on September 7, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/74
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/91

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2017, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2017

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a08a2c31a5faa77a86e4d58a44a60be633e7a0c088b0ffdf6ab9dd3a2a614834

  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. ADERHOLT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H3756-H3757):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  802 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2017, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2017

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a08a2c31a5faa77a86e4d58a44a60be633e7a0c088b0ffdf6ab9dd3a2a614834

  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 noteContinuing appropriations through 10/4/2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2017, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2017

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a08a2c31a5faa77a86e4d58a44a60be633e7a0c088b0ffdf6ab9dd3a2a614834

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of July 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2017, last updated July 2, 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.