International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4141.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4141, Donald M. Payne International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012” on July 3, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 7, 2012, with amendments provided to CBO on June 18, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43393

  CBO publication date

  July 3, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4141, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4141

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fd58c35299370de60905c91a1e67d12028b0bb57540bc3df05a12f4156a331e3

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1153):
  The Commerce Clause, Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, grants Congress the power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  222 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4141, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4141

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fd58c35299370de60905c91a1e67d12028b0bb57540bc3df05a12f4156a331e3

  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 committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4141, 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.