United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3078.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3078, United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act” on October 5, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42611

  CBO publication date

  October 5, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3078, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3078

  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. 112-237 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on October 6, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 6, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/237

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3078, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3078

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CANTOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6505):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the power to lay and collect duties and imposts) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3078, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a3272a950057f611c9fb6de96c4cc4112bfbe57a4e2f61834d958006541e3fa1

  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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