House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018

H.R. 5520Introduced Apr 16, 2018Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Walz D-MN

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 16, 2018
Committee actionMay 8, 2018
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 18, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 533.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5520.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5520, VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018” on May 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2018 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53840
CBO publication date
May 10, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5520, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5520
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 14, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. WALZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 61, April 16, 2018, Page H3342):
Clause 5 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2018 ↗
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55 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5520, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5520
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 14, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
89b0c91dbc97d46ef17c8e291da6f94685d7436729a014dd3e40be11a7820d73
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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

55 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 44 Democrats

11 of 55 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Denny Heck (D-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) and 25 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Walz.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-1 district

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