American Opportunity and Freedom Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3804.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUELSKAMP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H114):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution. Clause 1 of Section 7 of Article I of the United States Constitution, all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3804, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3be2febda65c3bd547f2a265273a144c55a59f34da0afc0875e80dbbafaf937

  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. 3804, 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.