Student Visa Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3120.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3120, Student Visa Reform Act” on July 11, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 28, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43431

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3120, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3120

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f67c80cac796527706c747bf461aed1276b3e1b6bea361aca7552c0a841208eb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-595 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 12, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/595

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3120, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3120

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f67c80cac796527706c747bf461aed1276b3e1b6bea361aca7552c0a841208eb

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6672):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3120, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3120

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f67c80cac796527706c747bf461aed1276b3e1b6bea361aca7552c0a841208eb

  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. 3120, last updated August 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.