Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3012.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3012, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 27, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42747

  CBO publication date

  November 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3012, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3012

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 112-292 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 18, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/292

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3012, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3012

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1dabcbc29941f177ec0a9a74f5d84e3fd76f6a5cec5c09c2693c1b63600e43e

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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. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6414):
  This law is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 to the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  96 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3012, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3012

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1dabcbc29941f177ec0a9a74f5d84e3fd76f6a5cec5c09c2693c1b63600e43e

  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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