Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3990.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3990, Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act” on March 22, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on February 28, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43121

  CBO publication date

  March 22, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3990, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae7c25d7630326370bc3eebdc78c9cb5169cb60aa6ee350ff6228ad7767c0805

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-459 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 27, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 27, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/459

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3990, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae7c25d7630326370bc3eebdc78c9cb5169cb60aa6ee350ff6228ad7767c0805

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H693):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3990, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae7c25d7630326370bc3eebdc78c9cb5169cb60aa6ee350ff6228ad7767c0805

  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. 3990, last updated July 21, 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.