Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4305.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4305, Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program” on August 10, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on August 1, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43532

  CBO publication date

  August 10, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4305, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4305

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  34b415cde75320123016fed275dd2edf823f6999e4a3fa3f6f7da6231722d02c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-649 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 10, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/649

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4305, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4305

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  34b415cde75320123016fed275dd2edf823f6999e4a3fa3f6f7da6231722d02c

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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 H1806):
  The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: 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;
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4305, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4305

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  34b415cde75320123016fed275dd2edf823f6999e4a3fa3f6f7da6231722d02c

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

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