House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Foster D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5287.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 80, May 19, 2016, Page H2880):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5287, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5287
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55d998aa6f837f12c9ec281f3ab6ee4b0f2a14cfd1bdb23e66928c18a317f223
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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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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.R. 4960 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy…
- H.R. 4982 (114th) Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016
- H.R. 2980 (114th) Mayflower Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1123 (114th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2015
- H.R. 1622 (114th) National Fab Lab Network Act of 2015
- H.Res. 605 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Office of Technology Assessment should be reestablished.
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.