National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 822.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 822, National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 25, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42724

  CBO publication date

  November 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 822, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/822

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c75782a72ea28a9bae7d5302d966133a0af15dc798d06a0b32cc75bfebb58e2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-277 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 10, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 10, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/277

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 822, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/822

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c75782a72ea28a9bae7d5302d966133a0af15dc798d06a0b32cc75bfebb58e2

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEARNS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1252):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, Commerce Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  47 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 822, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/822

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c75782a72ea28a9bae7d5302d966133a0af15dc798d06a0b32cc75bfebb58e2

  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. 822, last updated August 10, 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.