To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the "Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3742.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3742, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the “Edwin L. Mechem United Courthouse”” on June 11, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 7, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43316

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3742, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e2281cd4c1856487d55eacfc8befca3b973770f244ce79865ae275de8388f0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-613 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 19, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/613

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3742, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e2281cd4c1856487d55eacfc8befca3b973770f244ce79865ae275de8388f0

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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. PEARCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H10015):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3742, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e2281cd4c1856487d55eacfc8befca3b973770f244ce79865ae275de8388f0

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