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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1234.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-128 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 25, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/128

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1234, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3007f216ff8376dff07d75213a0394320e1d15b01e7d8a523b6634faffde6b4d

  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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1568):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1234, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3007f216ff8376dff07d75213a0394320e1d15b01e7d8a523b6634faffde6b4d

  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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1234, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.