Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2845.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2845, Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011” on September 27, 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 27, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42597

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2845, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2845

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-297 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 1, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/297

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2845, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2845

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e2d8031d5081a37a83fc2b6793d94e1c733ddaf433a267e4bbcc8aa1de08b16

  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. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5965):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2845, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2845

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e2d8031d5081a37a83fc2b6793d94e1c733ddaf433a267e4bbcc8aa1de08b16

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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