To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3706.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-600 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/600

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3706, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3706

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  347983e60695f3cd7653ab13014127caf685fefa87d803dab72809b48e9e5ab7

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H9927):
  Article IV, Section 3 of the US Constitution which provides: The Congress shall have Power 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 particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3706, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3706

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  347983e60695f3cd7653ab13014127caf685fefa87d803dab72809b48e9e5ab7

  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 (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3706, 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.