Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3485.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BALDWIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7891):
  Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3485, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3485

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  643aea7ad668a9d12c28cc8c158acf0166957b63bca362fc9180697e13ff56be

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3485, last updated March 23, 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.