House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5160.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 38, March 5, 2018, Page H1373):Article 1, Section 8. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5160, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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.
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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
19 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 16 Democrats
3 of 19 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ted Poe (R-TX), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
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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.