Sequester Replacement Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4966.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4966, Sequester Replacement Act of 2012” on May 8, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 7, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43227

  CBO publication date

  May 8, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4966, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06bcaa4900ede4c674a1c2205d50d4d6f3cea391c5faf9ea265a7c8e2d569e44

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-469 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Budget Committee on May 9, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 9, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/469

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4966, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06bcaa4900ede4c674a1c2205d50d4d6f3cea391c5faf9ea265a7c8e2d569e44

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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. RYAN of Wisconsin, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2275):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4966, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06bcaa4900ede4c674a1c2205d50d4d6f3cea391c5faf9ea265a7c8e2d569e44

  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. 4966, last updated September 8, 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.