Sound Dollar Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4180.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1305):
  The United States Constitution provides the legal foundation for the Federal Reserve in Article I, Section 8, Clause 5, which give Congress the power ``to coin money [and] regulate the value thereof,'' and Clause 18, which gives Congress the power to make laws ``necessary and proper for carrying [out] the foregoing powers.'' For a more thorough legal brief on power of the federal government to charter a central bank, see Alexander Hamilton, ``Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank'' in Alexander Hamilton: Writings (New York: Literary Classics, 2001), pp. 613 646.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  582 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4180, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4180

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71cadc6421acb997b4e51c913a7f527ccbdeff2ee52cf4eaa3392fd738b50d41

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4180, last updated January 10, 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.