Stephen Hacala Poppy Seed Safety Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6512.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 196, November 29, 2023, Page H5984):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the sale of food that is, or contains, unsafe poppy seeds.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2023 ↗

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  268 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6512, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6512

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8490bf513c4308a00606eb8ed748eb432c2532cc2694ec10118f54a8e34a3a81

  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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