Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3834.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3834, the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012” on March 15, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on February 7, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43093

  CBO publication date

  March 15, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-420 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on March 22, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 22, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/420

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09a3babf280dd005ab475f97d53e209044648c56858a64a1bbb3c409f1dc73ca

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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. HALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H187):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``To regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  408 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09a3babf280dd005ab475f97d53e209044648c56858a64a1bbb3c409f1dc73ca

  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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