To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3201.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6921):
  Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  502 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3201, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3201

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a303993e201a766499653126f4639dc095662e47951895b5f2f18871453b3350

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3201, last updated September 8, 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.