Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2838.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2838, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011” on September 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 8, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42602

  CBO publication date

  September 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2838, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. 112-229 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on October 3, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/229

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2838, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  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. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5936):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2838, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  add0682796afec05d10656b040a778a553d1b37612fb9c933ead528bbdca1a15

  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. 2838, last updated September 8, 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.