Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5858.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5858, Health Savings Account Improvements Act of 2012” on June 4, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 31, 2012 SUMMARY”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43293

  CBO publication date

  June 4, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5858, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5858

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab62a8c06a149ba784b738961c314f8770e385dc23fda4b91db494519d143cc9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-517 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 5, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/517

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5858, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5858

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  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. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3177):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and amendment XVI of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5858, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5858

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab62a8c06a149ba784b738961c314f8770e385dc23fda4b91db494519d143cc9

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5858, last updated April 7, 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.