CTF Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 12.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 179, October 20, 2020, Page H5699):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 12, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/12

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b67ff86b30a73b65ce08a40b5905875c80e0612f4124eedef20c69275db5c48

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 12, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.