STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4362.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4362, STOP Identity Theft Act of 2012” on July 27, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 10, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43494

  CBO publication date

  July 27, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4362, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-639 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 31, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/639

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4362, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1846):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  409 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4362, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5d6625dabeda8a59274555f6e11f7fca647b13575cf626c61ab4c2292d5d5f1

  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. 4362, last updated August 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.