Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3985.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3985, Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012.” on May 18, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 22, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43258

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3985, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3985

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8339a334eddb61f9118a069e5ed0de440a4ccbca521e033dc9a23422970203c6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-723 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 21, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/723

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3985, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3985

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8339a334eddb61f9118a069e5ed0de440a4ccbca521e033dc9a23422970203c6

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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. SCHILLING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H641):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  245 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3985, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3985

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8339a334eddb61f9118a069e5ed0de440a4ccbca521e033dc9a23422970203c6

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3985, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.