For the relief of Esther Karinge.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 316.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 316, a bill for the relief of Esther Karinge” on July 5, 2012. CBO’s description reads “The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed the following legislation ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 28, 2012:”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 5, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43401

  CBO publication date

  July 5, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 316, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/316

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1348c1db963b917db63f928478295db7f368941497939e0efdc6a90148acee1d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-622 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 24, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/622

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 316, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/316

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1348c1db963b917db63f928478295db7f368941497939e0efdc6a90148acee1d

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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. MARKEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H256):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution and Clause 4 of Article 1 of Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  114 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 316, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/316

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1348c1db963b917db63f928478295db7f368941497939e0efdc6a90148acee1d

  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. 316, 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.