House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To permit the chief executive of a State to create an exemption from certain requirements of Federal environmental laws for producers of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 2, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6075.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUERKLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4656):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3-- The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among several States, and with Indian Tribes. Also, the Tenth Amendment-- The powers not Delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the pe ople.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 346 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6075, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6075
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Ron Paul (R-TX), David Roe (R-TN), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.