To provide a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3199.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3199, a bill to provide a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes.” on February 24, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on February 7, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43020

  CBO publication date

  February 24, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3199, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3199

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a5d37bcf94663426a2f2d808b1ec1d2b0b20e43792886faccecf40d21ebb14d6

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6921):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3199, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3199

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a5d37bcf94663426a2f2d808b1ec1d2b0b20e43792886faccecf40d21ebb14d6

  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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3199, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.