Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4607.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4607, Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012” on May 12, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 26, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43246

  CBO publication date

  May 12, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4607, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4607

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  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. 112-513 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 1, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 1, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/513

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4607, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4607

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e15378233ceef0304c3aa387c8bd821732b702429f7d4a5f0e6c395a9b03e11b

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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. RIBBLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2071):
  Art. I, Sec. 8 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 the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  246 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4607, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4607

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e15378233ceef0304c3aa387c8bd821732b702429f7d4a5f0e6c395a9b03e11b

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4607, last updated December 5, 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.