Creating Hope Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3059.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6457):
  This legislation is authorized by the United States Constitution under Article I, Section 8, ``Congress shall have the power To . . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States'' and ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  317 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3059, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3059

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2c2d2e75c23d7b2ae994dcb02a3aa500bbcfcd6d9344b0ac4b9329ce85f7db13

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

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3059, last updated January 10, 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.