Government Customer Service Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 538.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 538, Government Customer Service Improvement Act” on April 30, 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 30, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43212

  CBO publication date

  April 30, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6503d35b3eb75cd69447d9ec41c2fb82599556865af96764c6d7ca33e251bda

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-534 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 15, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 15, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/534

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6503d35b3eb75cd69447d9ec41c2fb82599556865af96764c6d7ca33e251bda

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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. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H552):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause: the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8: Powers of Congress, Clause 18. The Congress shall have power . . . 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 April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  399 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 538, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6503d35b3eb75cd69447d9ec41c2fb82599556865af96764c6d7ca33e251bda

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