House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018

H.R. 5483Introduced Apr 12, 2018Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Where it went

IntroducedApr 12, 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. 5483.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5483, Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification 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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June 8, 2018
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H.R. 5483, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
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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. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 59, April 12, 2018, Page H3210):
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress Under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2018 ↗
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H.R. 5483, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats

5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Karen Handel (R-GA), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Greg Walden (R-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Carter.

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-1 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.