Rural DOCS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5477.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5477, Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services Act” on June 8, 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 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53988

  CBO publication date

  June 8, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5477, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  977c9465d4aeca30f97ea1b2f16408a6dd39550643dbd3c360fe474130d8017e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-731 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/731

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5477, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  977c9465d4aeca30f97ea1b2f16408a6dd39550643dbd3c360fe474130d8017e

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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. O'HALLERAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 58, April 11, 2018, Page H3148):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5477, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  977c9465d4aeca30f97ea1b2f16408a6dd39550643dbd3c360fe474130d8017e

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5477, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.