Spending Control Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 779.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1179):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, under which Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, and to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  222 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 779, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/779

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab3e5bc0297ba0c116a013f72a949c1a266284a8bf9480d452705743210d74ab

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 779, 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.