House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Souder R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2005
- Committee actionMay 4, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 100.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 869.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 869, A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes” on May 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 4, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16512
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 869, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/869
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5bc3eedc95f8a1a46429c4a56db379cfc1479ed08359be2bc7bd2294d95fef6f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 869, A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes” on May 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 4, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16512
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 869, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/869
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5bc3eedc95f8a1a46429c4a56db379cfc1479ed08359be2bc7bd2294d95fef6f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 869, A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes” on July 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 29, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16948
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 869, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/869
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5bc3eedc95f8a1a46429c4a56db379cfc1479ed08359be2bc7bd2294d95fef6f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 869, A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes” on July 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 29, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16948
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 869, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/869
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5bc3eedc95f8a1a46429c4a56db379cfc1479ed08359be2bc7bd2294d95fef6f
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 109-116,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 109-116,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/116
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/116 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 869, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/869
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5bc3eedc95f8a1a46429c4a56db379cfc1479ed08359be2bc7bd2294d95fef6f
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.45, which became Public Law 109-56 on 8/2/2005.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 869, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/869
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5bc3eedc95f8a1a46429c4a56db379cfc1479ed08359be2bc7bd2294d95fef6f
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
44 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 32 Democrats
32 of 44 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Judy Biggert (R-IL), John Boozman (R-AR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Tim Holden (D-PA), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Alan Mollohan (D-WV), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Major Owens (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), John Peterson (R-PA), Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and 14 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.