John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4097.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4097, John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012” on March 22, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 8, 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/43125

  CBO publication date

  March 22, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4097, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4097

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  039f7b2e5dfa6a28164c664fa1c9634d39e22e1dee8ff6433698dc79f85a1d11

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-457 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 27, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 27, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/457

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4097, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4097

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  039f7b2e5dfa6a28164c664fa1c9634d39e22e1dee8ff6433698dc79f85a1d11

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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. MICA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1017):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to authority over the district as the seat of government), and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  556 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4097, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4097

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  039f7b2e5dfa6a28164c664fa1c9634d39e22e1dee8ff6433698dc79f85a1d11

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