Spending Reduction Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 408.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JORDAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H435):
  The bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 408, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d29aba8ce7fd09f47e30f7fb73cb207ea7d4d6fa1f2e8212612df7084029a36

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 408, last updated September 8, 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.