House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. David Schweikert R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2018
- Committee actionMay 9, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 581.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4841.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4841, Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018” on June 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53973
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4841, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. 115-747 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2018 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/747
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4841, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 11, January 18, 2018, Page H554):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2018 ↗
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- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4841, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
26 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 independent
9 of 26 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), James Renacci (R-OH), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Greg Walden (R-OR), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Daniel Webster (R-FL), David Young (R-IA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.