Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6190.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6190, Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012” on August 23, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on August 1, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 23, 2012 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43554

  CBO publication date

  August 23, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6190, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6190

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-673 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 14, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2012 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/673

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6190, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6190

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

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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. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5292):
  The attached legislation falls within Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce as found in Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides the authority for the Congress to ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' The epinephrine inhalers at issue in the attached legislation are regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the propellant at issue is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The product further falls within the subject matter of an international treaty known as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, of which the U.S. is a…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6190, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6190

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

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