North American Energy Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3548.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3548, North American Energy Access Act” on February 19, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 7, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43001

  CBO publication date

  February 19, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3548, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3548

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9070767d45930dfba99ca4356dbd6fd53ef05109be46b4b3861dfcf08b5700d6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-703 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 18, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/703

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3548, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3548

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9070767d45930dfba99ca4356dbd6fd53ef05109be46b4b3861dfcf08b5700d6

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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. TERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8125):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  161 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3548, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3548

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9070767d45930dfba99ca4356dbd6fd53ef05109be46b4b3861dfcf08b5700d6

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3548, 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.