Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6083.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6083, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012” on July 26, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture July 11, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43486

  CBO publication date

  July 26, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6083, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6083

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64711bbbd8e1465f0f8423202bbf688cf24952cb2e35cef457b090ee6b0c09df

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-669 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on September 13, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2012 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/669

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6083, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6083

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64711bbbd8e1465f0f8423202bbf688cf24952cb2e35cef457b090ee6b0c09df

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4685):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6083, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6083

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64711bbbd8e1465f0f8423202bbf688cf24952cb2e35cef457b090ee6b0c09df

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• Congress.gov noteOn 9/13/2012, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H.Res.739 a resolution providing for consideration of H.R.6083. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 112-5: text with signatures.)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6083, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6083

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64711bbbd8e1465f0f8423202bbf688cf24952cb2e35cef457b090ee6b0c09df

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6083, last updated April 7, 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.