House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5015.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 29, February 14, 2018, Page H1178):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5015, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5015
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
46 cosponsors — 46 Democrats
0 of 46 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
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- H.R. 5795 (115th) Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
- H.R. 1368 (115th) Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act
- H.R. 2669 (115th) Vote By Mail Act of 2017
- H.R. 2797 (115th) Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
- H.R. 1820 (115th) Veterans Equal Access Act
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.