To extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6131.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6131, a bill to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement with Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes” on August 16, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 31, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43538

  CBO publication date

  August 16, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6131, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dbb465a18a480da1243627ea8d5137bfc50176d05cdbf78cab7cbcc3fe8fcc3

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-653 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce 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/653

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6131, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dbb465a18a480da1243627ea8d5137bfc50176d05cdbf78cab7cbcc3fe8fcc3

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BONO MACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4907):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6131, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8dbb465a18a480da1243627ea8d5137bfc50176d05cdbf78cab7cbcc3fe8fcc3

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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