SEC Regulatory Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2308.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2308, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act” on April 5, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Resources on February 16, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 5, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43158

  CBO publication date

  April 5, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2308, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2308

  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. 112-453 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 25, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2012 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/453

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2308, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2308

  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. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4528):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into-Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof'').
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  654 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2308, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2308

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b9b0e38843f19b3324b23861172177e1525a8635ebd29eb92039f37c3fdaa186

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