State and Local Funding Flexibility Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2445.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2445, State and Local Funding Flexibility Act” on July 14, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 13, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41582

  CBO publication date

  July 14, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2445, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17e5c89480859d2b17dec6066fa598e1f71eec0429cafc688b89357daea999c8

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-180 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 25, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/180

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2445, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17e5c89480859d2b17dec6066fa598e1f71eec0429cafc688b89357daea999c8

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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. KLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4749):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2445, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17e5c89480859d2b17dec6066fa598e1f71eec0429cafc688b89357daea999c8

  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. 2445, last updated July 21, 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.