Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4086.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4086, Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act” on March 19, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Based on information provided by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the National Gallery of Art, CBO estimates that H.R. 4086 would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting H.R”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43109

  CBO publication date

  March 19, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4086, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4086

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 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. 112-413 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 19, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 2012 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/413

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4086, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4086

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H950):
  The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in article I, section 8, clause 9; article III, section 1, clause 1; and article III, section 2, clause 2, of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4086, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4086

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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