Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6438.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BASS of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6151):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I; section 6 of Article I; section 1 of Article II.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  84 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6438, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cdac0260144e69ba3cab754f14eab0dffa9653efdafbc1d2bb893ab7c9fe3b3d

  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 or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6438, last updated September 8, 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.