Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4257.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4257, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012” on April 20, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 18, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43181

  CBO publication date

  April 20, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4257, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6056ad636e8113723fc4c0f2e25fcb6cc06cc8c958d445ee7c80cd1261f8c88d

• 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.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-455 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 26, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 26, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/455

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4257, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6056ad636e8113723fc4c0f2e25fcb6cc06cc8c958d445ee7c80cd1261f8c88d

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1571):
  Art. I, Sec. 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  421 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4257, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6056ad636e8113723fc4c0f2e25fcb6cc06cc8c958d445ee7c80cd1261f8c88d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4257, last updated April 7, 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.