Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2042.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3757):
  Under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, ``the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States.'' As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.'' I was elected in 2010 to serve in the 112th Congress as certified by the Secretary of State of Washington state. Article III, Section 2 states that the Supreme Court has ``the judicial power'' that ``shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States.'' Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that the Supreme Court is the supreme law of the land…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  1,227 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2042, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2042

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4055d465b9abb140a9df452dd3485e91f0ad2b8b4714fa3d6b3d4bcc25331bc

  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 noteFor further action, see S.1487, which became Public Law 112-54 on 11/12/2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2042, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2042

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4055d465b9abb140a9df452dd3485e91f0ad2b8b4714fa3d6b3d4bcc25331bc

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2042, 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.