To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6080.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-662 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 10, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/662

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6080, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6080

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc0ec2551b0204c5d8c38a5571359bdcfbc5ffd364bfd8e0eed8d068202b4f29

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4685):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation, which makes improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and improves the Code, pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  238 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6080, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6080

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc0ec2551b0204c5d8c38a5571359bdcfbc5ffd364bfd8e0eed8d068202b4f29

  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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6080, last updated August 10, 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.