To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide to owners of certain intellectual property rights information on, and unredacted samples and images of, semiconductor chip products suspected of being imported in violation of the rights of the owner of a registered mark or the owner of a mask work.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6012.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3976):
  Article 1, Section 8: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign nations,'' ``to promote the Progress of Science and useful arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  245 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6012, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6012

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4650a7e0f01e5da43c63cc32fe93be1d7b61164bde9a52dcf77b95a9c1969fdb

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6012, last updated June 8, 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.