House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Better Pain Management Through Better Data Act of 2018

H.R. 5473Introduced Apr 11, 2018Policy area: Health

Where it went

IntroducedApr 11, 2018
Committee actionMay 9, 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. 5473.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5473, Better Pain Management Through Better Data Act of 2018” on June 8, 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 8, 2018 ↗
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CBO publication date
June 8, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5473, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. COMSTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 58, April 11, 2018, Page H3147):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5473, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 21, 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

6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ben Luján (D-NM), David McKinley (R-WV), Greg Walden (R-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Comstock.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-10 district

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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.