State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6518.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUELSKAMP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6278):
  This legislation is introduced under the authority of Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This bill restores the proper balance of power between the federal and state governments as intended under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by devolving the responsibility of providing food assistance for low income citizens to the states. It reinforces the founding constitutional principle that state governments are properly situated with attending to their citizens' health, safety, and general welfare.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  572 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6518, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6494d3d070fc3711f638967aec1c3e5f8e0b4264ea5707af20322c602af7af7

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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