Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2354.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 112-118 ↗; S. Rept. 112-75 ↗. 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/HRPT/118
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/75

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2354, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2354

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d2cf27f02777ac11a9a5a275757b0b035c95862e7a288100e1c325ab4bcf50b

  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. FRELINGHUYSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4575):
  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 March 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  803 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2354, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2354

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d2cf27f02777ac11a9a5a275757b0b035c95862e7a288100e1c325ab4bcf50b

  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 H.R.2055, which became Public Law 112-74 on 12/23/2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2354, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2354

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d2cf27f02777ac11a9a5a275757b0b035c95862e7a288100e1c325ab4bcf50b

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2354, last updated March 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.