House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2018
- Committee actionMay 17, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5228.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now Act” on June 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54023
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5228, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 41, March 8, 2018, Page H1502):Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. That provision gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 201 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5228, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a961474b85f0428ec0882c0d71b86e9f96e63f48ffe7e607ebdb87326fbfd89c
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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5228, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2272 (115th) COAST Anti-Drilling Act
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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.