Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1256.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1256, Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act” on May 7, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on March 20, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44152

  CBO publication date

  May 7, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1256, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-103,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 113-103,Part 2 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 10, 2013 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/103
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/103

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1256, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 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. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1631):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``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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  Statement length

  654 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1256, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d922be9a5b1319963bf5e5238757504627e2b06cc4af9aa5a8477a93d7778ff3

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