House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2016
- Committee actionApr 27, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2016 · 413–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5046.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5046, Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016” on May 5, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 27, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51530
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5046, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-539 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2016 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/539
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5046, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e02c2b317fd5e7ea1cc31b97a870aba38f4b71f3451f360319101d6f4a1c502d
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 63, April 25, 2016, Page H1944):Article I Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2016 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5046, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e02c2b317fd5e7ea1cc31b97a870aba38f4b71f3451f360319101d6f4a1c502d
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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
10 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Conyers (D-MI), J. Forbes (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.