FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2903.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2903, FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2012” on June 7, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 8, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43306

  CBO publication date

  June 7, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2903, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2903

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  002bc3352fa25209c9d31aa315eedc2a983bc064702c33b89c59a00b6b4035fb

• 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. 112-674 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 14, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/674

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2903, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2903

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  002bc3352fa25209c9d31aa315eedc2a983bc064702c33b89c59a00b6b4035fb

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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. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6139):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and 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) and Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 (relating to interstate compacts).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  359 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2903, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2903

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  002bc3352fa25209c9d31aa315eedc2a983bc064702c33b89c59a00b6b4035fb

  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. 2903, last updated April 7, 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.