To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3556.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3556, a bill to designate the new United States Courthouse located at 2 Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse"” on March 19, 2012. CBO’s description reads “The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed H.R. 3556, a bill to designate the new United States Courthouse located at 2 Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43107

  CBO publication date

  March 19, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3556, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7dc7bb0736008100a06b3b271b037f1189146358c2acde78175154a5f104337

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-456 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 27, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 27, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/456

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3556, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7dc7bb0736008100a06b3b271b037f1189146358c2acde78175154a5f104337

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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. HIGGINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8125):
  The constitutional authority of this legislation lies in the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  392 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3556, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7dc7bb0736008100a06b3b271b037f1189146358c2acde78175154a5f104337

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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