Mercury Use Reduction Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6686.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESHOO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7360):
  The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, the General Welfare Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  71 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6686, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  384b712831b380896b4e47990d10e23f6aa08d171bbfd71d889be668b8c5f4b4

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6686, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.