Melanoma Research Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5716.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILBRAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2646):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8 Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution which reads that Congress has the power ``To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  225 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5716, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f81ff4bdcb8e98541d4991bb15418a005464cdc974fcffea56ced6958cc5bfd4

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5716, last updated August 14, 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.