To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6215.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6215, a bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution” on August 23, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on August 1, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 23, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43556

  CBO publication date

  August 23, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6215, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12fcd36579938a2ebee201d49dc0398396dd1f713231c0cd9707a4cb79fa7025

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-647 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/647

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6215, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12fcd36579938a2ebee201d49dc0398396dd1f713231c0cd9707a4cb79fa7025

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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5327):
  clause 8 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6215, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12fcd36579938a2ebee201d49dc0398396dd1f713231c0cd9707a4cb79fa7025

  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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